robert
we have trolled the vast internet for any trace of
these doings as youve described them below

& came up empty
on first pass at least

& have no idea what our local informant can do there
on the spot

so if your hard copies are unrecoverable & gregs spies
unreachable
& knowing of your interest in these mounds at least
between ga & ms
& having slept on this
i am wondering if you could fish thru your
recollections again for any further data on these
topics we might use for mound bait on la&ms

tho i think a lams mound tripoint of any order highly
unlikely at this point
i am still more than a little curious to run this down
to the end
or rather to the beginning
of the line

i know for a fact george washington slept on this
project too

--- Robert <robertoreg2003@...> wrote:

> -Louisiana State Lands has a report on the
> Ellicott's mile markers
> between the Mississippi River and the Pearl. I've
> got it somewhere
> but in '99 they did a presentation in Mobile as the
> U.S. Southern
> Boundary Symposium.
>
>
> -- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > lowell
> > i just realized from a discussion found a bit more
> than halfway
> down this page
> >
>

http://robertoreg.blogspot.com/2003_07_20_robertoreg_archive.html

> > that the ellicott mounds on alfl are in fact
> larger & easier to
> find than anywhere else
> > because the 1853 retracement of alfl by whitmer
> mentioned in bus&ss
> actually enlarged &
> > reshaped them all into cardinal crosses
> > like the one i found & described in the field
> report linked below
> >
> > this may partly explain why there are no known
> recoveries of
> ellicott mounds yet on lams
> > notwithstanding the several on alfl
> > & it suggests that your quest for one on lams may
> actually be more
> difficult than it would
> > have been on alfl
> >
> > so it might be a good idea to find a copy of
> ellicotts 1814 journal
> > as partially cited in the bus&ss bibligraphy
> > which includes fairly detailed maps of all the
> mound locations
> > as may its 1962 reprint also
> >
> > full citation is here at bottom
> >
>

http://www.dean.usma.edu/math/people/rickey/dms/DeptHeads/Ellicott-

> mine.html
> >
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@y...>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
>

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