thanx
& i had a feeling you would find it by the time i could get back to
this computer in the morning
but was mistaken to expect it to shed light on kyva &or kytn
quite the contrary
so i think in view of the minimal attention ridge line borders have
gotten in this geographical area
we should presume kyva & kytn remain natural watershed borders
until & unless surveys like vawv3jelo are actually found
however
at the kytnva marker yesterday i also observed that the nps
monumentation created artificial kyva & kytn ridges a foot wide for
the first hundred feet or so before feathering off more or less
perfectly into the natural ridge line in both cases
in other words
whatever the intent or cause or actual legal status
the fact is that the extant albeit artificial ridge does effectively
produce straight kyva & kytn state lines for a short distance before
they each presumably wiggle off into the woods along the natural
ridges
& another belated observation
the monument not only resembles a triborder arrow pointing thru the
cumberland gap
but actually all together a loaded & drawn crossbow
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> 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@y...>
> 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