OK AR CHEROKEE BORDER 1877 - Border Crossings on Waymarking.com

This is My Favorite Border Crossing.
It is also the most unique.
It is along the well known
TRAIL OF TEARS.

Designation: BOUNDARY MON 73 WP
Marker Type: metal rod
Setting: setting not listed - see description
Stability: Mark of questionable or unknown stability.

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 THIS TRAVERSE STATION IS AN OCTAGONAL IRON MONUMENT ABOUT 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND PROJECTING ABOUT 2 FEET. IT HAS AN IRON CAP COMING TO A POINT IN THE MIDDLE. IT IS ENGRAVED 1877 ON S FACE NO. 73 ON E FACE, AND CHER ON W FACE. IT IS IN A TRIANGLE FORMED BY A RAILROAD TRACK FROM THE S CONNECTING INTO AN E-W TRACK WITH A Y. IT IS ABOUT 125 YARDS E OF RAILROAD STATION. IT IS LEANING SOMEWHAT. IT IS ABOUT 5 MILES N OF FORT SMITH, AND 5 MILES W OF VAN BUREN. THIS STATION WAS CONNECTED BY TRAVERSE TO STATION GREENWOOD.
1/1/1937 by LOCSUR (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY LOCAL SURVEYOR (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1937 (CWC) LETTER OF CHARLES W. CLARK, 10/28/37-- THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANNING SURVEY HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE POINT CALLED ARK.-OKLA. BOUNDARY MONUMENT NO. 73 WHICH WAS CONNECTED BY TRAVERSE TO TRIANGULATION STATION GREENWOOD IS NOT ACTUALLY MONUMENT NO. 73. THEY SAY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE RECORDS CLEARLY STATE THAT THE TRUE POINT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CREEK AND THE MONUMENT CONNECTED TO STATION GREENWOOD IS A WITNESS POST AND IS 110 LINKS NORTH OF THE TRUE POINT.


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