Subject: Re: harrogate tn
Date: Oct 22, 2004 @ 16:03
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> The 1903 doings of the Supremes were in Tennessee v. Virginia at190 U.S. 64 (
> http://tinyurl.com/4wx86 ). The decree confirms a remarking ofthe 1802 survey
> pursuant to a 1900 order by the Court. The description of theTNVA boundary is
> minutely done in the appended report of the Commissioners, but thewestern
> terminus of the boundary is described without any mention ofKentucky. The
> commissioners described their Monument 99 thus:limestone has 'V'
> "(99)-On summit of Cumberland mountain. The monument of cut
> and 'T' cut on its adjacent vertical faces, and 'Corner' cut onits top. Its
> base is set in cement and broken rock, with one diagonal runningeast and west.
> The summit of the sandstone ledge was blasted in order to set thismonument."
>that
> Although the word does not appear, the inescapable implication is
> everything beyond that summit is Kentucky.get
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:27 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] harrogate tn
>
>
> >
> >
> > tried valiantly to fall asleep with my head pillowed on kytnva &
> > spine along tnva for 3 hours this afternoon
> > during my favorite nap time yet too
> > figuring success would be a snap
> >
> > but as the gazebo is now heavily populated by hornets
> > even advanced relaxation & sunbathing techniques etc could only
> > me moderately drowsy & dreamythe try
> >
> > & tho i did nearly drift off several times at long intervals
> > & my epiglottis even seemed to begin trembling once or twice
> > as night began to fall i knew i was just too excited by the try
> > & my senses too keen from the beautiful day
> > & my bed of paving stones already too chilly
> > to induce any further torpor
> >
> > suffice to say the entire interlude was fantastically enjoyable
> > & i certainly packed plenty of good daydreaming in
> > even if the desired sleep dreaming state did prove elusive
> >
> > fortunately
> > in one sense
> > ron never showed up to congratulate me
> >
> > indeed i was the only visitor in the guest register all day
> > tho the previous 5 days had averaged 23 visitors per day
> >
> > making it seem as if the day had been cosmically reserved for
> >news
> >
> > but anyway
> > an unexpected bonus was a previously overlooked signpost with
> > that the tripoint had been mediated in 1802 & confirmed by thethe
> > supremes in 1903
> >
> > this could shed light on whether the 2 tips of the arrowhead are
> > really geodetic lines as the monument & mike suggest
> > or whether they are still really natural ridge lines as bus&ss &
> > usgs topo suggest
> >
> >
> > of course i look forward to a future try
> >
> > the climb gets easier every year
> >
> > or else maybe i am just getting bigger
> >
> > i see how it could easily become a regular migration ritual tho
> >
> >
> > &
> > n o w
> > i am really getting sleepy
> >
> > so beepy dreams
> >
> >
> > ps
> > lots of female collegians around here
> > to put it euphemistically