bravissimos jack with standing ovations & texas gushers
for both the brilliant report & the inspired dog caper
our first canine visit class a
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "jparsell"
<jparsell@n...> wrote:
> This final part of the series should settle the debate of many
> months ago regarding which of the several monuments in the
near
> vicinity of NM-OK-TX is at the tri-point. For this discussion
> refer to the lower half of attached map. Also attached are two
> sets of photos.
>
> NM-OK-TX #1 pictures include one of the Highpointers group at
> the tri-point. Also a shot of one of the dogs perched on the
> tri-point, and one of me at the almost identical looking
monument
> located 371 feet north of the tri-point which marks the Initial
> Point of the Cimarron Meridian.
>
> The present Initial Point marker was placed by Hugh B.
Crawford
> in 1932. The original I.P. monument was set in 1881. The
broken
> pieces of the 1881 marker are buried a few inches below
ground
> level, with one piece each on the west, south and east sides of
> the 1932 monument. Coordinates for the I.P. are 36d
30'05.181" N,
> 103d 00'06.845" W.
>
> Mr Crawford also set the monument at the closing corner of the
> Cimarron Meridian with the Texas border in 1932. This is the
> accepted tri-point with coordinates of 36d 30'05" N, 103d
00'03" W.
> Just the other side of the fence, north of the tri-point is the
> 1900 Preston monument which is now completely buried.
This red
> sandstone marker has a brass tablet on top marked
TEXHOMEX and on
> the sides it is marked CM on the east, TEX on the south and
N.M. on
> the west. In the open pasture west and north of the tri-point is
> the 1902 Kidder monument. These markers along with the
original
> NW corner of Texas marker are shown in NM-OK-TX #2
attachment.
>
> The early surveys by John H. Clark in 1859 to locate the 103rd
> meridian were greatly in error. The Clark survey line between
> NM and TX is at 103d 02'28" W. This line was in dispute
between
> NM and TX until Congress in 1911 passed a resolution
accepting
> the Clark line as the true western boundary of Texas. The
result
> is the 2.71 mile extension of Texas into what should have been
> New Mexico. The Clark monument originally at this corner, but
a
> road widening project on route US 56 in 1991 resulted in the
> marker being buried below the pavement. Its location is
documented
> by two witness poles located off the highway.
>
> For reference purposes Part I is BP message #7727 and part II
is
> BP message # 7929.
>
> Jack Parsell