ok we have a hit already on the latter question
at beautiful flga2bachwa in the okefenokee
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3382415&e=383520&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
so having paid our dues & earned our tax deduction too
for discussing business as it were before pleasure
we can concentrate on the former question
or on any other question you like
yikes now that i mention it tho
i even recall advancing to within 1000 yards of this
baby once
before ultimately having to blow it off
as recently as messages 5840 etc
--- aletheiak <
aletheiak@...> wrote:
> yikes its another natch
> for 3 in a row
>
> natch
> i multi touches
>
> so keep us abreast of your touches
>
>
> also
> the following may not be an easy question to answer
> but it strikes me as a great one to ask at this
> point
> & you may already be hinting at pursuing it anyway
>
> can any of ellicotts mound location descriptions be
> hypothetically linked to any of the 17
> usgs topo elevation points already noticed on lams
>
>
> & for extra fun credit
> as well as probably even harder to answer
> yet just so we remain hypothetically on topic too
> can any of them be hypothetically linked to any
> known multipoint
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I went to Natchitoches today to access Ellicott's
> journal in the Watson Library
> > at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.
> NSU does indeed have two copies,
> > one of the original 1803 edition and one of the
> 1962 reprint.
> >
> > The 1803 version is a large chunk of a book, about
> three inches thick with many
> > fold-out maps scattered through it. I handled and
> read it with awe! The book
> > had once been part of the private library of the
> lady after whom the special
> > research collections room is named. It had prices
> of $1 and $10 written in
> > brown ink inside its covers. (Didn't we see one a
> couple of days ago that was
> > selling on the web for $4,000?) When it came to
> making photocopies of a few of
> > the maps, I switched to the reprint, not wanting
> to subject the ancient edition
> > to that kind of handling. The reprint has the
> maps reproduced smaller on
> > regular book pages, all of them in the back, but
> an enlarging copy machine
> > produced useable results.
> >
> > The book covers Ellicott's dealings with the
> Spanish, reproduces his official
> > letters, and details his techniques. He gives us
> his astronomical observations
> > and mathematical calculations, tells us the
> temperatures each day, and recounts
> > every time he wound or cleaned his clock.
> Unfortunately for our purposes, he
> > leaves most of the details of his product, the
> line itself, to his field notes.
> > The strip maps of the line, though, do show each
> numbered mile and many of the
> > stream courses that cross it, a few of them named.
> With some study, I should be
> > able to correlate with modern maps to determine
> sites worthy of inspection.
> >
> > I will keep the group informed as such study
> evolves.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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