Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Visit to BCIDWA (and 49N 117W)<br/>
Date: Jul 28, 2004 @ 06:35<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1808875395">The Congress created the General Land Office in 1812 in the Department of the<br/>
Treasury to oversee the &quot;disposition&quot; of federal lands.  In 1946, the GLO was<br/>
merged with the U.S. Grazing Service to form the Bureau of Land Management in<br/>
the Department of the Interior.<br/>
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It appears that the 1925 GLO monument is meant to mark the public land survey<br/>
system in Washington, whereas the 1909 USGS monument is probably meant to mark<br/>
the state boundary.  Of course, it is up to the IBC to mark the international<br/>
boundary.<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>
From: &quot;Michael Kaufman&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:mikekaufman79@...">mikekaufman79@...</a>&gt;<br/>
To: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;<br/>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:08 PM<br/>
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Visit to BCIDWA (and 49N 117W)<br/>
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&gt; What is the authority of the GLO / General Land<br/>
&gt; Office?  All the info we have seen talks about the<br/>
&gt; 1909 USGS marker.  Whether we can verify the center of<br/>
&gt; the 1909 disc falling on the 194-195 sightline or not,<br/>
&gt; they at least seem to have thought they placed the<br/>
&gt; marker in the right place.  Then comes GLO in 1925<br/>
&gt; with this gold capped standpipe with the point<br/>
&gt; depicted.  A passerby might be confused and think that<br/>
&gt; is meant to be the TP (as a latter revision?) when I<br/>
&gt; suppose they just meant it to be a witness mark for<br/>
&gt; the 1909 marker.  Generally, does USGS always trump<br/>
&gt; GLO in instances where both have marked the same<br/>
&gt; tripoints? (admitedly I can&#39;t think of another<br/>
&gt; example, but perhaps another one exists.) </span></blockquote></div>