Subject: TRI-STATE  CORNERS  IN  CIMARRON  COUNTY  OKLAHOMA  -  PART  I<br/>
Date: Nov 04, 2002 @ 01:32<br/>
Author: jparsell (&quot;jparsell&quot; &lt;jparsell@northnet.org&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1571204768">Each year the Highpointers Club ( www.Highpointers.org ) meets near the<br/>
highest point in one of the US States. This year the convention was held in<br/>
Kenton, OK with about 250 Highpointers in attendance.  Kenton is in the<br/>
extreme north-west corner of the       Oklahoma panhandle near Black Mesa,<br/>
which at 4973 feet is the highest point in the State. One day during the<br/>
convention, I led a group of about 25 Highpointers to the three tri-points<br/>
in Cimarron County, OK.<br/>
<br/>
This message is Part I of the OK panhandle tri-points.  Open the attachment<br/>
titled, &quot;OK tri-points,&quot; and you will find a brief descriptioin of these<br/>
three corners.  Part I is concerned with CO-KS-OK.<br/>
<br/>
Referring to the second attachment, CO-KS-OK is pictures taken on Sept. 20,<br/>
2002 at this corner.  Picture #1 shows most of the group at the tri-point<br/>
which is in the middle of the road in a round vault below the road surface.<br/>
A manhole cover at the top allows access to the circular chamber about 30<br/>
inches deep. Note in pic I that the cover has been removed and is lying in<br/>
the road next to the opening.  We found the vault full of water but managed<br/>
to scoop it out with a cut off gallon milk bottle.  After shoveling out the<br/>
mud at the bottom the brass marker plate became visible.<br/>
Picture #2 shows the cover with dates of when each of the three States was<br/>
admitted to the Union.  Picture #4 is the view down into the vault and #5 is<br/>
a close-up of the brass Cadastral Survey marker at the bottom.  The #3<br/>
picture shows Jim Sutton standing in the vault on the marker.  He is holding<br/>
a tire iron in one hand, used to remove the cover, a shovel in the other<br/>
hand, used to clean out the mud, a Highpointers flag in his mouth and a<br/>
small sign labeled, State Tripointers.<br/>
<br/>
In the upper right corner of #1 on higher ground in Kansas is the tower with<br/>
three arms indicating the three States. This tower also marks the highest<br/>
point in Morton County, KS. That same day, another group of Highpointers<br/>
were at this point in their tour of several county highpoints in the four<br/>
state area.<br/>
<br/>
Keep tuned for Parts II and III.<br/>
<br/>
Jack Parsell</div>