"Jon Bell" wrote in message
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> In article <1106101287.82db4119992a3cc4a7e38b5e85801e97@teranews>,
> Tim923 wrote:
> >
> >Is there anything to see on the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky 3 state border
> >point? Any marker or monument?
>
> There might be, although Dave noted, it would have to be on the north side
> of the river. At the other side of Ohio there *is* a marker next to the
> road on the north side of the river, near the point where Ohio,
> Pennsylvania and West Virginia meet. But that point has special
> significance, because it's the "Point of Beginning" of the original survey
> of the Northwest Territory in the late 1700s. It's the starting point for
> the grid of mile-square townships that eventually extended all the way to
> the Great Plains.
>
> --
> Jon Bell Presbyterian College
> Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
Actuall the point appears to be in the middle of the Ohio River at the
present time. The northern border of Kentucky was fixed as the north bank of
the Ohio when it was admitted as a state, and the river moves now and then.
If you are interested in Indiana I invite you to visit our internet map site
at http://igs.indiana.edu/arcims/statewide/index.html
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