Yes I am also quite interested in finding out what
could be an older border marker (be it natural or
planted). Unfortunately, I did not see an author
listed in the article, so I'll have to do a little
research on this one. I plan to visit/photograph the
rock later this month (however, I think it may be
covered/sealed up).
--- m06079 <
barbaria_longa@...> wrote:
> 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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