MILE POST 143 - RM - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

LOCATED ALOND THE ROAD SOUTH TO THE TRI STATES MONUMENT OF MO,KS,OK.
FROM 1-44 TAKE EXIT TO HIGHWAY 166 NORTH WESTERLY TO THE FIRST T ROAD JUNCTIONS.
TURN WESTERLY(LEFT) AND THEN SOUTHERLY ALONG THE ROAD SOUTH TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT.
THIS IS THE SAME ROAD THE TRI STATES MONUMENT IS ON.
IT IS 18.4 FEET EAST FROM THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY ROAD.

That the said state shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit:

Beginning in the middle of the Mississippi river? on the parallel of thirty-six degrees of north latitude; thence west, along that parallel of latitude, to the St. Francois river;
thence up, and following the course of that river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the parallel of latitude of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes;
thence west, along the same, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the middle of the mouth of the Kansas river, where the same empties into the Missouri river, thence,
from the point aforesaid north, along the said meridian line, to the intersection of the parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the river Des Moines,
making the said line to correspond with the Indian boundary line; thence east, from the point of intersection last aforesaid, along the said parallel of latitude, to the middle of the channel of the main fork of the said river Des Moines;
thence down and along the middle of the main channel of the said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the same, where it empties into the Mississippi river;
thence, due east, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down and following the course of the Mississippi river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MILE POST 143 RM Benchmark Agency: Not listed Benchmark Agency (if other): MISSOURI STATE LAND SURVEY AUTHORITY RLS 1644 Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: NEWTON USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): USGS Racine (MO,OK,KS) Topo Map Special category (optional): Not listed Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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