History and stories of Nebraska . rth is curved in-stead of flat. If you will take a balland lay off its surface into squareblocks of uniform size, as the survey-ors laid off the surface of the earth,you will see why these guide merid-ians were needed. In a similarway standard parallels were run ateach interval of twenty-four miles north from the base surveyors made the survey by running a line due northfrom the base Une twenty-four miles, then due east forty-eight miles to the meridian. The block of land thus laid offwas subdivided into townships and sections by marking thecorners of
History and stories of Nebraska . rth is curved in-stead of flat. If you will take a balland lay off its surface into squareblocks of uniform size, as the survey-ors laid off the surface of the earth,you will see why these guide merid-ians were needed. In a similarway standard parallels were run ateach interval of twenty-four miles north from the base surveyors made the survey by running a line due northfrom the base Une twenty-four miles, then due east forty-eight miles to the meridian. The block of land thus laid offwas subdivided into townships and sections by marking thecorners of each township and each section with stakes orstones set in a mound of earth and four holes dug so as toform a square figure with the mound in the center. Inpioneer times, the gray wolf or the coyote sitting upon one ofthese mounds would howl through the long hours of thenight. On the section Une half-way between the sectioncorners was placed what is called a Quarter Stake. Beginning thus in tlae southeast comer of the state, the. Nebraska-Kansas Monu-ment, Starting Point ofNebraska Surveys.(Drawing by Miss MarthaTurner.) SfStmckrdfaraUdN. 32 KSttndardParalUl:v 26 25ibOSlandardParailelN. 24 SJSlandaed Parallef^K 20!
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