On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:09:48 -0500, "Paul Irwin"
wrote:
>
>"Jon Bell" wrote in message
>news:cskvqa$ai0$2@jtbell.presby.edu...
>> 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
There are places where the river has moved significantly,
resulting in the border not being on the north bank. At
Evansville, Indiana, there is a chunk of Kentucky that lies
completely north of the river. But I believe the boundary still
lies on or near the north bank near the Indiana/Ohio line.
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