I have sent a fairly detailed request to the US Army Corps of
Engineers in the MN-ND-SD district in an attempt to locate some
engineering plans for the Bois de Sioux project that possibly changed
the course of the river. If available this map might show the
riverbed just prior to the "avulsion". Since meanders become more
acute until they finally break through and form a horseshow lake, the
position of the river mid-channel along the current ND-SD line just
prior to the avulsion would be the tri-point according to legal
principles we have discussed here. Unfortunately I have not even
received a confirmation that the USACE received my message and it has
been a couple of days.
BJB
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> thanxx to your several recent theories & other new info
> i have substantially revised my own mnndsd guess
>
> in fact much of my 1858 to 2002 chronology guess is now smithereens
> tho its basic idea of benign neglect & sublime ignorance is
unchanged
>
> & i no longer agree with my former opinion that it isnt worth
talking
> about without proof
> for that was a folly anyway
>
> it is always worth talking if it feels good
>
> m
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > truth
> > good luck
> > m
> >
> >
> > >From: "bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@b...>
> > >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > >To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: new online legal supplement to
bus&ss
> > >discovered
> > >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:03:48 -0000
> > >
> > >Truce. I will try to get the proof.
> > >BJB
> > >
> > >--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: "bjbutlerus"
> > > >
> > > > >Sorry if I made you feel insecure.
> > > >
> > > > & silly of me not to understand why you think in these terms
> > > > for i would rather be silly than sorry insecure etc
> > > >
> > > > & it is of course ones own thought that primarily makes one
feel
> > > > not anothers
> > > >
> > > > m
> > > >
> > > > & you are the accredited geologist here
> > > > so i am listening to you closely about all that loam
> > > > for i am only a punctologist
> > > >
> > > > but yes please do give me the proof
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >The facts from BUS&SS that you mention are the very ones I
am
> using in
> > > > >my hypothesis. We have a difference of opinion as to
whether
> the Bois
> > > > >de Sioux could produce a meander of approximately 450 feet
> over the
> > > > >course of 110 years (or less, depending when the river was
> > > > >channelized). The soil in that area is loamy and not
> particularly
> > > > >resistant, so I think a meander of that size would be quite
> possible.
> > > > >Further evidence is provided by the other meanders north and
> south of
> > > > >the one in question. The pattern is unmistakably that of a
> meandering
> > > > >river.
> > > > >
> > > > >But are right about needing further information to reach a
> conclusion.
> > > > > I am trying to get some details about where the river
flowed
> just
> > > > >prior to being straightened.
> > > > >
> > > > >BJB
> > > > >
> > > > >--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > > > > > brian
> > > > > > i know you have offered this opinion before
> > > > > > nor did i disagree out loud a second time by offering
these
> new
> > >sources
> > > > > > because you already heard me once
> > > > > > so this time i will only note 2 facts from bus&ss p4f
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1
> > > > > > when bed & channel are changed by the natural & gradual
> processes
> > > > >known as
> > > > > > erosion & accretion the boundary follows the varying
course
> of the
> > > > >stream
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2
> > > > > > if the stream from any cause natural or artificial
suddenly
> leaves
> > > > >its old
> > > > > > bed & forms a new one
> > > > > > by the process known as avulsion
> > > > > > the resulting change of channel works no change of
boundary
> > > > > > which remains in the middle of the old channel tho no
water
> may be
> > > > >flowing
> > > > > > in it
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > now i believe a stream of this small size couldnt
possibly
> have
> > > > >accreted
> > > > > > anywhere near so much as you believe it has
> > > > > > namely several times its own width
> > > > > > even in these 11 decades
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if streams could routinely sneak around that way they
> wouldnt make
> > > > >very good
> > > > > > boundaries
> > > > > > & accretion would be a terrible problem
> > > > > > which it generally isnt
> > > > > >
> > > > > > yet somehow usgs has gotten the idea that mnndsd has
moved
> > > > > > & this cant be entirely ignored or poopooed until we know
> for sure
> > > > >why they
> > > > > > think this
> > > > > > but in the meantime i think they probably mistook an
> avulsion or
> > > > >work of man
> > > > > > for an accretion
> > > > > >
> > > > > > remember
> > > > > > except for only the very minor inching of accretions
> > > > > > only a supreme court decision or act of congress could
> actually make
> > > > >the
> > > > > > tripoint move
> > > > > >
> > > > > > so i continue to think mnndsd will be found basically
> unmoved
> > > > > > & moreover since the witness rock pinpoints it
> > > > > > this tripoint might be uniquely empowered to withstand
even
> > >accretion
> > > > > > & thus remain absolutly unmoved even despite accretion
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in any case it will be interesting to see how far the 9
> chains fall
> > > > >from the
> > > > > > thalweg today
> > > > > > & then we can see what there is to argue about
> > > > > > probably very little
> > > > > > because tho i myself reached & identified this usgs
mnndsd
> position
> > > > >first i
> > > > > > still just cant see it as even being worth talking about
> > > > > > unless substantiated by something real
> > > > > >
> > > > > > m
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >From: "bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@b...>
> > > > > > >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > > > > > >To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > > > > > >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: new online legal supplement
> to bus&ss
> > > > > > >discovered
> > > > > > >Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:31:31 -0000
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Except, of course, for the unratified means of erosiion
and
> > > > > > >accretion. I still like the hypothesis that MNNDSD
moved
> gradually
> > > > > > >from the point 9 chains east of the nearby witness
> monument to the
> > > > > > >position shown on the topo map (or thereabouts) and was
> then frozen
> > > > > > >at that position by the man-made avulsion of
straightening
> and
> > > > > > >leveeing the river. A possible discrepancy would occur
if
> the topo
> > > > > > >map was not made at the time the river was rechanneled
(a
> likely
> > > > > > >discrepancy). We really need to see the maps that were
> used during
> > > > > > >the construction project. Also, this hypothesis leads
to
> an
> > >infinite
> > > > > > >number of paleoMNNDSD points along the 9-chain line
> segment east of
> > > > > > >the witness monument.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >BJB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > if you are searching for a particular topic such as
> mnndsd for
> > > > > > >example then
> > > > > > > > you can simply scan the list & see that the court at
> least has
> > > > > > >never ruled
> > > > > > > > on any of the 3 interstate boundaries that terminate
> there at
> > > > > > >mnndsd
> > > > > > > > & thus can conclude that if any change has occurred
in
> the
> > >mnndsd
> > > > > > >position
> > > > > > > > since its creation it would have had to have been
> approved
> > >by the
> > > > > > >only other
> > > > > > > > possible means of ratification
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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