Point of Beginning - Wisconsin
Posted by: 
Go Boilers!
N 42° 30.431 W 090° 25.603
15T E 711418 N 4709300
This is tha base marker for the state of Wisconsin.
Waymark Code: WM6HYM
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2009
Views: 25
A nearby historical marker states
Late in 1831, when Wisconsin was still in Michigan Territory, Lucius Lyon, U. S. Commissioner on the survey of the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, set a post and erected a mound of earth 6 feet square at the base and 6 feet high, at a point 1/2 mile east of here to mark the intersection of that boundary and the 4th Principal Meridian. The Wisconsin public land surveys were begun here in 1832 and were completed "up north" in 1867. Lyon surveyed 16 townships in S. W. Wisconsin in 1832-33, which opened this Territory for settlement. In 1833 Michigan Territory honored this veteran surveyor by electing him their Delegate to Congress. The post and mound he erected at this point were obliterated by fence and power line construction long ago, but the point is now preserved by a new concrete surveyor's monument. Every section corner monument in the state; the boundaries of each county, city, village, township, farm and lot; the position of roads, lakes and streams, all were surveyed and mapped from this Point of Beginning.
This is the site of the new surveyor's monument.
Type of survey mark: Monument
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
Exact 1/2 mile east of the main road. It is just north of a stand of trees. There is a fence post with a do not disturb sign.
What property is this mark defining?:
Wisconsin/Illinois border at 4th Principal Meridian
|
Visit Instructions:
Please submit a photo(s) taken by you of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and old vacation photos are accepted. If you are not able to provide a photo, then please describe your visit or give a story about the visit. If you have additional information about the survey mark which is not listed in the waymark description, please notify the waymark owner to have it added, and please post the information in your visit log.