Bill93 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) http://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=117187 Includes picture of a bench cut in a tree. Edited January 15, 2012 by Bill93 Quote Link to comment
kayakbird Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I bet you got the TillaMurphs excited! MEL Quote Link to comment
TillaMurphs Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I bet you got the TillaMurphs excited! MEL Actually - YES! I was just in the process of writing a reply to thank Bill for posting this. It is very interesting. I smell a field trip in the TillaMurph’s future. We own a copy of the second book in Bill’s link, the 1914 Bulletin #556 Spirit Leveling in Oregon. So far we have found 3 marks that are listed in the book – including one nail & washer in the root of a tree. Would love to find a blazed and scribed tree. Speaking of wagon roads, we did find the depression of the old Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road (in Central Oregon) that was shown on an 1883 US Surveyor-General’s Office map. There was a benchmark set alongside it in 1903 that referenced the road. Thanks Bill. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well dang. I found 2 spikes in Redwoods near Santa Cruz, CA. I did notice lines of smaller nails in the trees, which appeared to lead to the mark spikes. I'll have to look at these trees again, next time past and see if they have plates or numbers cut somewhere. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.