Relocation of the intersection of the Fourth Principal Meridian and the Wisconsin-Illinois state line, 1968.

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Relocation of the intersection of the Fourth Principal Meridian and the Wisconsin-Illinois state line, 1968.

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Copy of the master's thesis of James G. Swiggum written for the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wisconsin; reporting on his efforts to relocate the point originally established by surveyor Lucius Lyon in 1831 from which subsequent public land surveys were done.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851

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U.S. senator and representative of Michigan and surveyor. From the description of Letters of Lucius Lyon, 1833-1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454137 Surveyor, congressman, U.S. Senator. From the description of Lucius Lyon letters, 1830, 1831 and 1834. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420826 Lyon (1800-1851) came to Detroit from Vt. in 1822 and was appointed Surveyor General Deputy in the territory northwest of the Ohio. He served i...

Swiggum, James G.

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