Survey bearing marks and land descriptions, n.d.

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Survey bearing marks and land descriptions, n.d.

Lists apparently abstracted from FEDERAL LAND SURVEYORS' FIELD NOTES, RS 953.005, are arranged by legal description and survey bearing marks, and include tree species and diameters; and land description (e.g., flat; prairie; timber; farm; rolling; dry; rocky; wet; overflowed; bottom; brushy).

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