special to pal mike from ada ok
good analysis
& we have been distinguishing old boundary stones that still mark
extant borders in any capacity as
working rocks
& of course the political level matters
but whatever the particulars
i would still love to learn of any border rock older than your
newfound bound rock
could he have meant the old indian rock i just passed on the
brandywine
i doubt it
but i wonder if you couldnt just find the author & ask him what he
did mean
it is your home stomping ground there isnt it
the oldest known working planted rock in the usa is probably the
1731 paleoctmany stone near boston corners ny
now no longer even on a state line
but it still performs real service on a county line
& the also still working 1740 ctri rock at cte is known to have been
embedded in the rubble of an earlier ctri cairn on the same spot
dating from 1720 or perhaps as early as earliest 1700s
not sure
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> "Bound Rock's fame in the border dispute is now
> equaled by its distinction as the second oldest
> boundary marker in the entire country."
>
> Several things to consider:
>
> 1. What exactly is meant by "second oldest boundary
> marker in the entire country?"
> - 2nd Oldest surviving state (colony) bordermarker
> still in use as a state marker (obviously not the case
> here)
> - 2nd Oldest surviving state bordermarker still in use
> as a border of some sort (county, town, etc.)
> - 2nd Oldest state ghost marker (not necessarily
> serving as anything now)
> - 2nd Oldest surviving state bordermarker (either in
> use or not in use; combination of last 3 scenarios)
> - 2nd Oldest bordermarker (including lesser entities
> like counties, towns)
> - 2nd Oldest ghost marker (including lesser entities)
>
> 2. Could this have changed over the last 3 decades?
> 3. Could this even have been correct in the first
> place?
> 4. What is the oldest?
>
> Mike: What is the marker from the 1720s? Is it ghost
> or current?
>
> --- m06079 <barbaria_longa@h...> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael
> > Kaufman"
> > <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > > Formerly formed the border between MA and NH
> > (surveyed in the
> > 1650s -
> > > the articles present different possible dates
> > 1656, 1657, 1659 as
> > to
> > > the actual marking of the border). Later on, from
> > 1768 to 1953,
> > the
> > > rock served as the tripoint marker between the New
> > Hampshire towns
> > of
> > > Hampton, Hampton Falls, and Seabrook. Now it is
> > on the the Hampton-
> > > Seabrook boundary.
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/boundrock.htm
> > > (The 2nd article from 1971 claims it as the 2nd
> > oldest bordermarker
> > > in the US.)
> >
> > wow nice shooting
> >
> > the previous oldest known to me was 1720s
> >
> > wonder what the oldest is then
> >
> > >
> > > Topozone shows the current Hampton-Hampton
> > Falls-Seabrook TP in the
> > > Hampton Harbor:
> > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?
> > >
> >
> z=19&n=4750866.00011595&e=351354.999988967&datum=nad83
> >
> >
>
>
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