Subject: Re: caus & mxus initial points & oldest stones
Date: Apr 09, 2003 @ 16:05
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> mike,http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=19&n=5087872&e594362&s=2
>
> monument 258 on usmx was placed on oct 10 1849 and the
> actual one there today was reconstructed in 1894.
>
> the Mexican side of the monument uses the word
> 'fijado' (fixed) and the US side uses the word
> 'established' to confirm that date. The treaty date is
> also mentioned separately.
>
> also, by use of the word 'Intial' one can assume that
> this was the first marker placed on usmx. Everything i
> have read on the subject confirms that as well.
>
> i do have a photo of the caazbc marker (#207) as well
> no close ups though.
>
> vc
>
>
>
> --- m donner <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > according to
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~dawise/Maine.htm
> > the oldest known extant caus monument dates from
> > 1817
> > but it was a replacement for a 1798 original
> > which was itself the first monument on the caus line
> > or rather on what was then the gbus line
> >
> > the position marked by these stones
> > at the source of the st croix river
> > or roughly halfway up the maine new brunswick
> > boundary
> > is shown in
> >
>
> > &http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=19&n=5087872&e594362&sym
> >
>
> >__________________________________________________
> > as can be seen there
> > the extant stone also marks the aroostook carlton
> > york tricounty point
> > as well as the trimunicipal point formed by amity
> > township & north lake &
> > richmond parishes
> > at a single multi distinguished position thus named
> > caus2menb3arcayo4amnori
> > tho the ibc calls it simply monument number 1
> >
> > & no pix as it is a virgin
> >
> >
> >
> > the first position marked on mxus
> > according to bus&ss
> > dates from around 1850
> > & is now occupied by monument 258
> > which you probably recall is the terminal rock
> > overlooking the pacific at
> > tijuana imperial beach
> >
> > but whether the present monument 258 incorporated
> > the original or merely
> > replaced it isnt known
> > as the date of monument 258 itself isnt available
> > & it could easily be much later
> > judging from the pix we have seen of it
> >
> > if so
> > then the oldest extant stone on mxus could be
> > anywhere
> >
> > but
> > also according to bus&ss
> > there are 6 other prime candidates from the same
> > original bcca survey also
> > including especially the opposite bcca terminal rock
> > which is the one nearest azbcca & the mexican cable
> > car tower on the
> > colorado river
> > & which struck me as being quite old
> > tho i neglected to photograph it
> >
> > but checking the dates on these 2 terminal rocks
> > alone might be sufficient
> > to settle the matter
> > without having to look for any of their 5 slightly
> > younger survey mates
> > also possibly still standing somewhere in between
> >
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