Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: ghost memorial to a ghost rock of an abortive mxus<br/>
Date: Dec 17, 2003 @ 05:34<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-369250470">Mike,<br/>
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Many such survey parties hauled into the field a pre-engraved rock for placement<br/>
at the appropriate spot.  After this line was repudiated, perhaps they removed<br/>
the rock for reuse at the next selected point.  Since the negotiations stalled<br/>
until after the Gadsden Purchase rendered it moot, it might have never seen<br/>
reuse.  Perhaps, though, it might eventually have been used to mark the<br/>
departure of the post-Gadsden MXUS line from the Rio Grande when that line was<br/>
surveyed in 1855.  Both surveys were superintended for the US by William Hemsley<br/>
Emory.<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA<br/>
<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>
From: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:barbaria_longa@...">barbaria_longa@...</a>&gt;<br/>
To: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;<br/>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:49 PM<br/>
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: ghost memorial to a ghost rock of an abortive mxus<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
&gt; notice<br/>
&gt; useless enjoyment following<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; a third & best & perhaps final try for the ghost of the mxus abortion<br/>
&gt; rock this afternoon has indeed also turned up nothing<br/>
&gt; tho i combed the blufftop at the exact degminsec quite carefully<br/>
&gt; just in case the 1851 survey was as good as topozone<br/>
&gt; & tho i even scoured the entire degmin up & down the river<br/>
&gt; in case the survey was only that accurate<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; yet i realized too that it may not have been nearly so fine<br/>
&gt; & that my try however careful is therefore both speculative &<br/>
&gt; incomplete<br/>
&gt; tho frankly<br/>
&gt; i knew from the start i was sending myself on a fools errand anyway<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; there were several rushes of near discovery tho<br/>
&gt; when i thought i saw something i didnt<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; & it was of course another wonderful outing on another beautiful day<br/>
&gt; imagining 3 commissioners imagining they were forging a new mxus<br/>
&gt; in a setting somewhat like this btw<br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/firecracker/images/fire-92-sm.jpg">http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/firecracker/images/fire-92-sm.jpg</a><br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.totacc.com/user/strokesupport/37.gif">http://www.totacc.com/user/strokesupport/37.gif</a><br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; best i can do without a camera or a rock to show anyway<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; & indeed it was particularly lovely to spend some hours on the rio<br/>
&gt; without any sign or trace or trappings of mxus at all<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; like it might have been the coasts of nebraska or oregon or something<br/>
&gt; but just with the backdrop of needle sharp mountains added<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; but so anyway<br/>
&gt; was that productive<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; yes definitely as far as i am concerned<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; i may even try it again </span></blockquote></div>