nice & likely one i agree
from the looks of the drafting as well
worth actually going there to examine the paint stripe now
i still think we should distinguish common cursoriness from actual crosshairs tho
especially when discussing hairline intersections
much as civility could involve more or less than just repeating ones civil location
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus" <lgm@...> wrote:
>
> Please note on your TopoZone map a hand-written center line symbol
> (superimposed cL) with an arrow pointing to MO 76 between your red
> crosshairs and the actual tripoint. I take this to mean that the county
> boundary is in the center line of the highway.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] readable 5 day ozark trip to an unreadable
> mook3demcot marker
>
>
> > just discovered this latest makeover & relatively
> > fresh visit to ksmook
> > http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=46
> > with unusual & rather handsome double scaled trifinial
> > diagram
> >
> > the renovation was long expected
> > & surmised too tho only after the fact
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/18933
> >
> > it should now be possible to tell if the tower is
> > indeed centered on ksok as we supposed earlier when
> > trying to locate the true tripoint
> >
> > previous visits found various other stuff at what was
> > then only the most probable or predicted tripoint
> > location
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/9407
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/2535
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/1899
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/830
> > http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/docs/ksmook.pdf
> >
> >
> > & about your mo3bamcne find
> >
> >> Actually, the tripoint is about .1 mile west of your
> > red crosshairs.
> >> etc
> >
> > yes of course
> > as i immediately realized after posting & checking the
> > map
> > but was glad to give you the chance to make your point
> > better
> > since the topozone cursors almost never land where
> > intended anyway
> >
> > the real crosshairs question is
> > will this tripoint marker actually be found in the
> > middle of the road centerline as i suppose
> > or not quite so well centered as demcot apparently was
> > judging from the penultimate pic of the slide show
> >
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <lgm@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Please see my insertions below.
> >>
> >> Lowell G. McManus
> >> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
> >> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:39 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] readable 5 day ozark
> >> trip to an unreadable
> >> mook3demcot marker
> >>
> >>
> >> > wow
> >> > nice find
> >> >
> >>
> > http://topozone.com/map.asp?
z=15&n=4067404&e=404736&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
> >>
> >> Actually, the tripoint is about .1 mile west of your
> >> red crosshairs.
> >> The Barry-Newton line comes down from the north,
> >> bisects that forested
> >> tract with "33" it, and intersects the
> >> McDonald-Newton line coming in
> >> from the west on the center line of MO 76. The
> >> Barry-McDonald line then
> >> follows MO 76 east to your red crosshairs before
> >> turning south. Thus,
> >> the western line of Barry has a slight jog,
> >> apparently due to the
> >> crossing of a standard parallel. (For those
> >> unfamiliar with the US
> >> Public Land Survey, that's a correction for the
> >> convergence of
> >> meridians).
> >>
> >> > & this one too appears to be a centerline arrow
> >> > splitter
> >> > thus conferring special distinction on both the
> >> spirit
> >> > of 76 & old mcdonald
> >> >
> >> > as well as yourself
> >>
> >> Thank you, thank you.
> >>
> >> > & wow again
> >> > for i had no idea of these other multistate
> >> exploits
> >> > of yours
> >> > tho aware of your arlatx visits of course
> >>
> >> I have done the following class A: ARLATX; KSMOOK;
> >> ARMOOK; AZCONMUTand
> >> NMOKTX.
> >>
> >> > but what did our fickle ksmook look like at the
> >> time
> >> > of your visit there
> >> >
> >> > & when was that
> >>
> >> I was there on June 14, 1992. The site was
> >> substantially as described
> >> by Jack Parsell from his published visit of June 21,
> >> 1991. I was going
> >> entirely without any detailed map or other
> >> reference, but I realized
> >> that the tall cairn on the west side of the road was
> >> not the tripoint
> >> and that it had to be in the center line opposite
> >> the cairn.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <lgm@...> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Interesting. Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >> KSMOOK and ARMOOK were my second and third state
> >> >> tripoints, long before
> >> >> I even knew that other people were similarly
> >> >> inclined to visit them, but
> >> >> I've never been to this little jewel in between
> >> at
> >> >> Tiff City. I have
> >> >> driven here and there on MO 76, though, and it's
> >> a
> >> >> beautiful highway.
> >> >> There's another tripoint in MO 76, that being the
> >> >> BAMCNE (Barry,
> >> >> McDonald, Newton) county tripoint. I haven't
> >> been
> >> >> there either, but
> >> >> I've been within a half-mile.
> >> >>
> >> >> Lowell G. McManus
> >> >> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
> >> >> To: <boundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> >> >> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:43 PM
> >> >> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] readable 5 day ozark
> >> trip
> >> >> to an unreadable
> >> >> mook3demcot marker
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > actually it is a bonus lost tripoint just off
> >> the
> >> >> more
> >> >> > familiar trypointing byway of route 43 that so
> >> >> handily
> >> >> > bridges the nearby tristate points we already
> >> know
> >> >> &
> >> >> > love
> >> >> > namely ksmook to the north & armook to the
> >> south
> >> >> > &
> >> >> > maybe not really worth eating an entire highway
> >> &
> >> >> a
> >> >> > whole week for
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> > http://springfield.news-leader.com/specialreports/spiritof76/index/
> >> >> > but i am not aware of any other multipoint in
> >> the
> >> >> > world that is situated quite like this one
> >> >> > at the precise destination & full stop of a
> >> main
> >> >> > thorofare
> >> >> >
> >> >> > so cut instead directly to the end of day 5 if
> >> you
> >> >> are
> >> >> > both a thru tripper & a multipointing extremist
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> > http://springfield.news-leader.com/specialreports/spiritof76/day5/
> >> >> > or just peek here for an idle glance at the map
> >> &
> >> >> > route arrangement
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> > http://topozone.com/map.asp?
z=15&n=4059245&e=355412&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
> >> >> > since i can tell you youll get little more real
> >> >> > trypointing in this case than you yourself
> >> provide
> >> >> > tho the full road tour cum slide show starting
> >> >> from
> >> >> > the top link isnt at all shabby either
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
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