In message #9441, Michael discussed various possible options on
how the marker got where it now is located. The attached picture
of Joyce Parsell and Clark Hall was taken in 1991 and shows the
present location of the monument.

I agree that the 1823 rock sticking out of the top is certainly
not in its original location, nor at its original elevation due
to road construction. All of the remaining length of it was
surrounded and protected by the 1915 block which is about 3 ft
high. In my mind it is doubtful that the 1823 stone ever projected
out of the bottom of the 1915 block, so the old stone is less than
4 ft long (high). When it was originally in the ground it must have
been at least 6 ft long in order to allow for the 2 ft or so buried
in tne ground. My guess is that the surviving piece is between 2
and 3 ft long.

Then in 1955 they placed the larger base and set the 1915 block on
top of it. This gave better protection and greater visibility for
the old stone.

This doesn't establish whether it is in the original location, but
does satisfy the report that a portion of the 1823 rock was set in
the 1915 block.

Jack
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