Friday, September 13, 2019
Old Surveyor's Pin
Along Cass Road, just before it connects with Rock Cabin Road, an old surveyor's iron pin is visible on the rock ledge (see center of photo). When Aranthus Everts performed a survey to lay out the streets of Watkins Glen for Dr. Samuel Watkins in the 1830s, he placed several pins such as this one to use in his surveying. This one still survives. It was used to lay out Fourth Street in Watkins Glen.
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So many of us have wondered what this is. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteHi and thanks for your new blog and thanks for this article about the Surveyor's Pin. Aranthus Everts is my ancestor and I've done a bit of research on him. I found and old scrapbook/newspaper article from 1952 on Fulton History that indicated that Aranthus Everts placed a large iron ball to mark this spot. Is this the same marker that is described in the following news clip?
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Excellent blog!
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