The 1903 doings of the Supremes were in Tennessee v. Virginia at 190 U.S. 64 (
http://tinyurl.com/4wx86 ). The decree confirms a remarking of the 1802 survey
pursuant to a 1900 order by the Court. The description of the TNVA boundary is
minutely done in the appended report of the Commissioners, but the western
terminus of the boundary is described without any mention of Kentucky. The
commissioners described their Monument 99 thus:
"(99)-On summit of Cumberland mountain. The monument of cut limestone has 'V'
and 'T' cut on its adjacent vertical faces, and 'Corner' cut on its top. Its
base is set in cement and broken rock, with one diagonal running east and west.
The summit of the sandstone ledge was blasted in order to set this monument."
Although the word does not appear, the inescapable implication is that
everything beyond that summit is Kentucky.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] harrogate tn
>
>
> tried valiantly to fall asleep with my head pillowed on kytnva &
> spine along tnva for 3 hours this afternoon
> during my favorite nap time yet too
> figuring success would be a snap
>
> but as the gazebo is now heavily populated by hornets
> even advanced relaxation & sunbathing techniques etc could only get
> me moderately drowsy & dreamy
>
> & tho i did nearly drift off several times at long intervals
> & my epiglottis even seemed to begin trembling once or twice
> as night began to fall i knew i was just too excited by the try
> & my senses too keen from the beautiful day
> & my bed of paving stones already too chilly
> to induce any further torpor
>
> suffice to say the entire interlude was fantastically enjoyable
> & i certainly packed plenty of good daydreaming in
> even if the desired sleep dreaming state did prove elusive
>
> fortunately
> in one sense
> ron never showed up to congratulate me
>
> indeed i was the only visitor in the guest register all day
> tho the previous 5 days had averaged 23 visitors per day
>
> making it seem as if the day had been cosmically reserved for the try
>
>
> but anyway
> an unexpected bonus was a previously overlooked signpost with news
> that the tripoint had been mediated in 1802 & confirmed by the
> supremes in 1903
>
> this could shed light on whether the 2 tips of the arrowhead are
> really geodetic lines as the monument & mike suggest
> or whether they are still really natural ridge lines as bus&ss & the
> usgs topo suggest
>
>
> of course i look forward to a future try
>
> the climb gets easier every year
>
> or else maybe i am just getting bigger
>
> i see how it could easily become a regular migration ritual tho
>
>
> &
> n o w
> i am really getting sleepy
>
> so beepy dreams
>
>
> ps
> lots of female collegians around here
> to put it euphemistically