Subject: Re: Digest Number 1480<br/>
Date: Jul 08, 2004 @ 14:01<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1745544259">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, spookymike@a... <br/>
wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I&#39;m unable to find a USGS data sheet for the &quot;Four Corners&quot; <br/>
 </span></blockquote>benchmark <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; mentioned by Kevin.  <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>what are these data sheets<br/>
<br/>
can you show one you can find<br/>
<br/>
also cant triangles indicate triangulation network points too<br/>
<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Another interesting tidbit--the USGS <br/>
&gt; designates the marker at the actual Four Corners as &quot;CO UT <br/>
 </span></blockquote>AZ NM,&quot; which for some <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; reason lists the four states  counterclockwise, starting in CO.  <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Wonder if this <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; follows some USGS convention, or is just random, based on <br/>
 </span></blockquote>the preference of <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; whoever made the inintial designation?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>nice question<br/>
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& i think the correct answer may be neither<br/>
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the only rational reason i can think of for listing them <br/>
counterclockwise starting with co <br/>
would be to indicate the reverse order of their settlement by <br/>
whites<br/>
<br/>
1858 co<br/>
1847 ut<br/>
1776 az<br/>
1610 nm<br/>
<br/>
and i think the usgs would be less interested in turning back the <br/>
clock than the indians would be in turning back the calendar<br/>
<br/>
so my guess is coutaznm is not a usgs name at all but an indian <br/>
name for azconmut</div>