Survey monument -Point of Beginning Sixth Principal Meridian
Posted by: 
NevaP
N 39° 59.994 W 095° 19.908
15S E 300948 N 4430350
This guestbook is at the 1855 monument marking the start of a survey line.
Waymark Code: WM2KZW
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2007
Published By:
Mix
Views: 72
In 1854 the The Kansas-Nebraska Act established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas. This necessitated a survey of the border between the two which was to run along the sixth principal meridian, 40 degrees north latitude. In November 1854 the U.S. Army Topographic Engineers determined the Fortieth Degree of North Latitude along the Missouri River. On May 8, 1855,Charles A. Manners erected a cast Iron monument on the bluff above the river flood plain to mark the beginning of the base line forming the Nebraska - Kansas boundary.
The monument still stands and can be reached by a short trail. Near the monument, enclosed in a wooden box, there's a loose leaf notebook guest book which can be signed by those who visit the monument site.
The monument is reached by a river front road that runs between Rulo, Nebraska and White Cloud, Kansas. The trail begins at a small footbridge a short distance north of the parking area by a Nebraska Historical marker, Point of Beginning.
The monument itself is a virtual geocache.
Location Type: Other
Nearest Parking Spot: N 40° 00.001 W 095° 19.874
Date Guest Book Was Started: Not listed
Owners Name: Not listed
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