well you are right
i would love to join you guys for this
but am back in the greater ctmany area now
so will most likely attend purely in spirit
& i could do that without having to be in 3 places at once
because the gbbe will be over by then
but anyway i do agree
unless you can get something better from the land office
a tripoint location 9 chains east of the witness monument is at
least as compelling as the enigmatic usgs topo position only 80
feet east of it
tho i think a comprehensively diligent try would address all 3 of
these probabilities
i bet the land office would give you what they have by phone
will you be using a 600 foot lasso for the big measurement
i think the latitude can be eyeballed pretty convincingly there
in fact i can practically see it all now
best wishes
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "bjbutlerus"
<bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> No new information, just another opportunity to visit the point. I
am
> presuming the tri-point is 9 chains east of the witness
monument and
> therefore in the Bois de Sioux River. I don't think there is any
> basis for the boundary as shown on the USGS topo map, as
we have
> discussed previously. I even obtained the US Army Corps of
Engineers
> maps showing the river prior to straightening and channeling
in the
> 1930's. At the tri-point's latitude the river is in the same
> longitude today as it was then, and this also corresponds to
the
> position stated on the witness monument.
>
> I will be staying in Wheaton Saturday night, but I doubt if the
land
> office will be open on the weekend. Maybe I can make
arrangements
> ahead of time, though. I'll check. Unfortunately I must be back
in
> Minneapolis at 8AM on Monday (i.e. Sunday night) and fly back
to
> Boston at 4PM.
>
> So, if you have the urge to make this a joint effort, which I
suspect
> you might, maybe you can get to Wheaton on Friday and check
out the
> lay of the land as it were. Of course, I have no idea where you
> physically are at the moment, so this might not be practical.
Gregg
> may attend also.
>
> BJB
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> > i mean what new info might you have learned since msg
5438
> > when it dawned on me that the truth might only be found in
the
> > land offices
> > & most likely in the traverse county land office in wheaton mn
> > & for which i too have been meaning to pay another visit
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> > <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > wow
> > > what are you basing your presumption on now
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "bjbutlerus"
> > > <bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> > > > If anyone is interested in a class B visit to the presumed
> > > MN-ND-SD
> > > > tripoint in the Bois de Sioux river on July 26 PM or July 27
AM,
> > > > please let me know. And if you are traveling by land,
please
> > > bring an
> > > > inner tube or other conveyance to aid in the attempt.
> > > >
> > > > BJB