thanx jack
very interesting analysis
& it is gratifying to see all our agreement
nice ultimate question too
of whether the original 1823 rock is still all there or not
within the surrounding monumentation & underlying earth
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "jparsell"
<jparsell@n...> wrote:
> 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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