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- IDNO:
- 040763
- Title:
- Camp Falkenstine On West Virginia and Maryland Line
- Date:
- 1911/07/15
- Description:
- Unidentified man sits in front of a tent. This is possibly Samuel Gannett, commissioned to survey and set markers on the boundary line.
- IDNO:
- 040764
- Title:
- Camp Falkenstine on West Virginia and Maryland Line
- Date:
- 1911/07/15
- Description:
- Camp of survey team assigned to place markers on the state boundary line.
- IDNO:
- 040765
- Title:
- Marker Number 19 on W. Va. and Md. State Boundary Line
- Date:
- 1911/09/13
- Description:
- Located on land owned by Hiram Ringer, the inclination or slope of the tape was measured by the verticle circle on the transit, and the horizontal distance and difference in elevation carefully computed.
- IDNO:
- 040766
- Title:
- Swamp Team Working on Marking W. Va. and Md. Line
- Date:
- 1911/09/12
- Description:
- Working on permanent monuments to set on state line for West Virginia and Maryland, as decided by U.S. Supreme Court.
- IDNO:
- 040767
- Title:
- William Brown and Samuel Garnett at Site of New Marker on W. Va. and Md. Line
- Date:
- 1911
- Description:
- Far left: Samuel Garnett (U.S. geological surveyor), Second from left: William McColloh Brown (Maryland commissioner). Worker sits atop mold for a new marker.
- IDNO:
- 040768
- Title:
- Crew Mixing Together Concrete For New Marker at T-Intersection with Mason Dixon Line
- Date:
- 1911/08/21
- Description:
- Tri-state corner of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland at meeting of Mason-Dixon line (East and West) and Deakins Line (North and South). This is Marker #34, the last monument and the northern-most point on the Deakins line. Far left side: Samuel Garnett (U.S. geological surveyer).
- IDNO:
- 040769
- Title:
- 'Jim In The Hole' of Site For New Marker on W. Va. and Md. Line
- Date:
- 1911/09/13
- Description:
- Workers in and around the hole at a site of a new marker. Far left side: William McCulloh Brown (Maryland commissioner).
- IDNO:
- 040770
- Title:
- Campsite Along W. Va. and Md. Borderline in Snowy Conditions
- Date:
- 1911/12/04
- Description:
- Outhouse pictured in back/middle. Group encountered harsh weather conditions while marking boundary.
- IDNO:
- 040771
- Title:
- Small Marker Along Deakins Line, Boundary of West Virginia and Maryland
- Date:
- 1911/07/12
- Description:
- Smaller, alternative marker that the surveyors would use as well as larger numbered ones.
- IDNO:
- 040772
- Title:
- Casting Process of Letters and Numbers For Monuments Place on West Virginia and Maryland Boundary Line
- Date:
- 1911/08/20
- IDNO:
- 040773
- Title:
- Waiting For a Hair Cut
- Description:
- U.S. geological surveyer, Samuel Garnett, who was hired to mark the north-south state boundary of West Virginia and Maryland gets his hair cut while others await their turn.
- IDNO:
- 040774
- Title:
- Breaking Ground For New Boundary Marker
- Date:
- 1911/08/21
- Description:
- Workers dig the hole for new site of boundary marker along north-south boundary of West Virginia and Maryland. Far left: Samuel Garnett, U.S. geological surveyer looks on. As does William McCulloh Brown, Maryland commissioner (back middle).
