Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Oklahoma tri-State corners - Part II<br/>
Date: Nov 16, 2002 @ 04:00<br/>
Author: jparsell (&quot;jparsell&quot; &lt;jparsell@...&gt;)<br/>
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From: acroorca2002 [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:orc@...">orc@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:22 PM<br/>
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Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Oklahoma tri-State corners - Part II<br/>
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very nice jack<br/>
<br/>
bus&ss indicates that the survey of the cimarron meridian in<br/>
1881 by chaney actually reiterated an 1874 survey of it by major<br/>
so it is doubly surprising that neither major nor chaney seems to<br/>
have determined the intersection of their line with the 37th<br/>
parallel line that had been established & reiterated by johnston<br/>
clark macomb since 1857<br/>
but that not until 1890 did anyone namely preston even find the<br/>
point where these overlapping perpendiculars communicated<br/>
<br/>
amazing<br/>
like ships passing in the night as well as lost in the desert<br/>
<br/>
or can you or albert white give some better explanation for this<br/>
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Michael, bus&ss is right in stating John Major attempted to survey south<br/>
on the 103rd meridian, but he was way to far west.  Here is what has been<br/>
determined from the survey notes:<br/>
<br/>
The Johnston monument was established in 1857, Macomb placed his monument<br/>
in 1859, both were way west of the 103rd meridian.  In 1872 John J. Major<br/>
surveyed the 25th meridian west of Washington south to the 37th parallel<br/>
and established the corner between CO and KS.  In 1874 John Major surveyed<br/>
west on the 37th parallel along the south boundary of CO starting at his<br/>
1872 monument.  At 55 miles 22 1/2 chains he found the Macomb monument.<br/>
At 57 miles 4 1/2 chains he reported finding the Johnston Monument.  The<br/>
field notes indicate that he ran south 34 miles 40 chains from the Johnston<br/>
monument and could not find the Clark northwest corner of Texas, and<br/>
therefore set his own monument. It is estimated that he was about 4 miles<br/>
west of the true 103rd meridian. Also, remember that Clark was over 2 miles<br/>
west of the 103rd, so the whole surveying business was full of errors at<br/>
that time.<br/>
<br/>
Chaney and Smith in 1881 were directed to survey the unsurveyed public<br/>
lands bounded by KS and CO on the north, the Indian Territory on the east,<br/>
TX on the south and NM terr. on the west. This covers land between 36d30&#39;<br/>
to 37d N and between 100d and 103d W, and to establish a Principal Meridian<br/>
to be known as the Cimarron Meridian.  Very detailed instructions as to how<br/>
this was to be accomplished were given.  The original intention was that<br/>
the base line intersection with the meridian (the Initial Point) would be at<br/>
36d30&#39; N, 103d W. Actually the base line was not the Texas border (actual<br/>
36d30&#39;).<br/>
Also the place of beginning at 37d,103d was off by about 300 yds too far<br/>
north (Albert White comments that Cheney and Smith were surprisingly<br/>
accurate in their surveying and he can&#39;t understand how they missed hitting<br/>
the CO line more accurately).<br/>
<br/>
In 1899-1900, Levi S. Preston was instructed to thouroughly investigate and<br/>
retrace all of the previous surveys by Clark, John Major, Chaney and Smith<br/>
and others.  He was to determine the true conditions and positions of the<br/>
Johnston and Macomb monuments and the Darling survey along the 37th<br/>
parallel.  Preston&#39;s report includes information that he located both the<br/>
Macomb and<br/>
the Johnston Monuments. He describes the Johnston monument as a circular<br/>
trench 24 ft diam, 6 inches deep and 2 feet wide with a mound at center<br/>
about 15 ft diam and 1 ft high.  Lying in the mound was a stone marked<br/>
&quot;Major 1874 NM 103d L, 37L&quot; As mentioned above this is where Major headed<br/>
south. He never stopped on his way by the true unmarked 103rd and the<br/>
Cimarron Meridian wasn&#39;t born yet.<br/>
<br/>
I won&#39;t get into the Crawford monuments on the Cimarron Meridian.  That<br/>
will be covered in Part III on NM-OK-TX which may be delayed since next<br/>
Monday I will undergo surgery on my left hip to replace the acetabular<br/>
cup.  The existing cup is 10 years old and has become loose.<br/>
<br/>
Jack</div>