The 6th Principal Meridian Traditional Geocache
The 6th Principal Meridian
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This is a drive up cache, you can park a few feet from the cache. (The last few miles are gravel road and the last mile is dirt, may not be accessible after a rain.) No poison plants seen. Kid friendly. Bring your own pencil as the cache contains only a log sheet. Sorry, no room for travel bugs. Enjoy the history!
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30, 1854 created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which had to be surveyed before settlement of the prairies could proceed. On May 8, 1855 Charles A. Manners set a cast iron monument on the bluff west of the Missouri River at 400 north latitude. In 1855-56 Manners surveyed westward from the cast iron monument 108 miles establishing the base line, the boundary between Kansas and Nebraska and the Initial Point of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This Initial Point, a red sandstone marker which lies under the manhole cover in the middle of the intersection at this geocache, controls the system of sections, townships and ranges of the public land surveys in Nebraska, Kansas and parts of Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota. This Initial Point is referenced in all ownership records throughout the system. On June 11, 1987 the Professional Surveyors of the 6th Principal Meridian dedicated a memorial to the spot. The memorial is made of Colorado red granite with Wyoming and Nebraska rubble stone. Each side of the cap contains a state name, date of statehood and the logo of each state’s professional surveying association. We hope you enjoy the history of this spot. Read more about the site at http://www.kansasphototour.com/meridian.htm
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Abj n ovfba ghor, unatvat ybj. Abg ba gur punva yvax!