ok fantastic
& please feel entirely free to be the first to bail me out of my predicament
most of my 17 topozone generated prospects are in the felicianas
but i cant say which are most likely
i would say they are about as tall as a texan & quite massive if they are still all there
there is still a pic of a somewhat eroded one
probably on alfl tho
linked to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/8454
& a verbal description of another probably grander one on alfl about a third of the way
down this field report
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/9185
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...>
wrote:
> 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@y...>
> 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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