Monumentation Type: Dressed stone
Monument Category: County/Municipal boundary marker
Accessible to general public: no
Explain Non-Public access:
The monument is on property owned by a local logging company. Permission is easily asked for and they will allow.
Historical significance:
Monument was set in 1850, when a boundary commission was enacted by the state Legislature to determine the Erie-Crawford boundary.
From "History of Erie county, Pennsylvania (1884)":
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The true boundary line between Erie and Crawford Counties was long a subject of dispute. To settle the question, the Legislature passed an act at the session of 1849-50, providing for three Commissioners to run a new line, who were given full power to act, and whose decision should be final. In 1850, Humphrey A. Hills, then of Albion, was appointed Commissioner for Erie County; Aidrew Ryan was appointed for Crawford, and they two named H. P. Kinnear, of Warren, as the third member. Wilson King was chosen Surveyor on the part of Erie, and Mr. Jagger on that of Crawford, but David Wilson, as deputy for Mr. King, did most of the work. The party had some difficulty in finding a starting point, but after this was agreed upon, it only took about six weeks to complete their task. A perfectly straight line was run from east to west, and marked by stones set two miles apart. The Commission added a long, narrow strip of territory to Erie County, which is
usually outlined upon the county and township maps. A number of persons found themselves in Erie who had supposed they were citizens of Crawford, and a less number in Crawford who had imagined they belonged to Erie.
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County: Erie, Crawford, Warren
USGS Quad: Spring Creek
Approximate date of monument: 06/30/1850
Monumentation Type (if other): Not listed
Monument Category (if other): Not listed
Monument Website: Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
Other Coordinates: Not Listed
Other Coordinates details: Not listed
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