I don't know of any 1799 Ellicott mounds on LAMS, but I've never been a huge
student of that particular one of my state's boundary segments. If he left one
per mile, surely at least one of the slightly more than 100 should survive.
I'm willing to give this some attention when I get caught up post-hurricane.
Unless you want to reserve the quest for yourself, I'd even be willing to
undertake an expedition to a few of the most likely of your 17 prospects. Just
how big are these mounds supposed to be, anyway?
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
To: <boundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] ellicott mound prospects in louisiana
> now that i have shot my mouth off about louisiana
> still having some 18th century earthen mounds on the
> lams state line that were once esus international
> boundary markers
> to go along with her 1 remaining 19th century latx
> rock
> it occurs to me i may well be called upon to
> substantiate this claim
>
> which i cant yet
>
> i have visited several & learned of several others of
> these 1799 ellicott mounds that still mark the alfl
> state line
> & yikes i have just recalled another famous one on
> flga
> so i must add georgia to the distinguised fraternity
> of the international border convergency of the the
> deep south i mentioned to david
>
> ga fl al ms la tx
>
> but the point is i have no idea if an ellicott mound
> will ever actually be found on lams
> hahahaha
>
> i have seen ellicotts field notes showing that he left
> them at roughly 1 mile intervals all the way from the
> mississippi to the chattahoochee
>
> in fact he is known to have begun with that sector &
> to have proceeded west to east on it
> so
> the oldest international boundary marker in america
> if one wanted to add the distinction of greatest age
> to such a quest
> will be the nearest one to ellicotts initial point
> presumably near modern lams2cowewi on the mississippi
> aka the concordia west feliciana wilkinson tertiary
> tripoint
>
> & i have found 17 promising elevation locations that
> are marked squarely on the lams state line by usgs
> topography
> the nearest to cowewi being so far happily just out of
> range of angola
> but of course any of these 17 prospects that would be
> so good as to actually pan out would do me just fine
>
> the especial delicacy of the situation tho is that the
> bus&ss bible doesnt even mention that this part of the
> lams state line was ever retraced & remarked
> as it states the alfl part of ellicotts mound line was
> in 1853
>
> so for this reason
> & also in view of the fact that the mound line
> perfectly coincides with the well marked public land
> survey base line
> i expect to find no other lams markers anywhere than
> just federal corner pins & whatever is left of the
> original earthen mounds
> if anything
>
> but any harder evidence or leads than just these
> inchoate gropings of mine would be much appreciated in
> the meantime
>
>
>
>
>
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