After reviewing the messages listed in the message below, I should explain why I
discount the quadripoint supposedly formed by Bossier and Caddo Parishes,
Louisiana, and Lafayette and Miller Counties, Arkansas, where the Red River
crosses the ARLA boundary, as proposed by Mike D. in message 8659.

It is quite true that the USGS shows this as a quadripoint. However, the
OFFICIAL MAP OF LOUISIANA (both the 1981 edition on the wall in front of me and
the 2000 19.1-megabyte PDF edition) show the Bossier-Caddo boundary quite
different and meeting the ARLA boundary approximately a half-mile west of the
Lafayette-Miller boundary. Both of the county-equivalent boundaries are shown
different from USGS. (See attached.) The 1975 USGS map simply places both
county-equivalent boundaries in the middle of the river channel as shown on
whatever version that was used as the basis for the 1975 revision, which shows
the then-current river position in purple overprint. Thus the USGS is
indicating the boundaries without regard for the historic channels. For further
proof, see http://tinyurl.com/4aqxa , which is one panned iteration south of the
supposed quadripoint. Note how differently the USGS depicts the parish boundary
on two different map sheets (1975 above and 1971 below) that join near the
bottom of the image.

The Bossier-Caddo boundary is defined as "the center flow channel [of the Red
River] as it existed in 1838." Miller County was created from Lafayette County
in 1874, so their boundary might correspond to the river's location at that
time.

For whatever it's worth, Microsoft STREETS & TRIPS (also attached) is in
agreement with the OFFICIAL MAP OF LOUISIANA that there is no quadripoint.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@yahoo.com>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:44 AM
Subject: hodgenville was campbellsville ky Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: OH
Quadricounty Point

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> well on further reflection i am not sure they are all rounded up yet
>
> it is possible that a cleanup & assemblage of the data in messages
> 547
> 8651
> 8655
> 8659
> 8660
> 8663
> 8664
> 8665
> 8679 &
> 13522
> will amount to a complete roundup
>
> but without being able to find the followup promised in message 8663
> i think we may still be slightly incomplete
> perhaps by as little as a probable megapoint or 2
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, aletheia kallos
> <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > bravo jack & all the best in your new reality
> >
> > & when you do get the chance
> > i would love to try to assemble all the probable
> > interstate quadricounty points & all the probable
> > intrastate quadricounty points into a single
> > megapointing construction
> >
> > i know they are all rounded up somewhere but not quite
> > all on the same page yet
> >
> > --- Jack Parsell <jparsell@t...> wrote:
> >
> > > Re Michael's comment regarding Ohio quad county
> > > points, there is an additional quad point that Ohio
> > > shares with Indiana. Butler - Hamilton counties in
> > > OH and Dearborn - Franklin counties in IN. This
> > > point
> > > is on the First Principal Meridian.
> > >
> > > I have been enjoying your recent exchanges but have
> > > been too busy moving to participate. After 57 years
> > >
> > > in the same house in Beaver Falls, NY, we have moved
> > > a mere 30 miles to a smaller, easier to maintain
> > > home in Watertown, NY. This also puts us much closer
> > > to our summer place on Lake Ontario.
> > >
> > > Jack
> > > From: aletheiak
> > > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:37 PM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: OH Quadricounty Point
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "nj55er"
> > > <spookymike@a...>
> > >
> > >
> > > but in any case
> > > this hahepuwo probability you have visited is
> > > 1 of only 2 such
> > > probable quadricounty points that i have been
> > > able to find in all
> > > of ohio
> >
> >
> >
> >
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