Compass, Solar; Brass

ID: 461 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, 2485-1-(1) ~ Date: 1860s-1870s
This file appears in: Point of Beginning, Public Land Surveys of Sixth Principal Meridian
Compass, Solar; Brass
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Brass, Used by Chauncey Witse to Survey Northern NE Boundary; Has Level, 2 Dials

This file appears in: Point of Beginning, Public Land Surveys of Sixth Principal Meridian

By The Explore Nebraska History team
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30, 1854 created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which had to be surveyed before settlement could proceed. In November 1854, Captain Thomas J. Lee of the U.S. Army Topographic Engineers determined the Fortieth…