State Line Marker

[Ben]

I was just going through images from my last road trip that included the state boundary marker below. I'd not seen this type before, plus this one was off a little dirt road well away from normal traffic to mark the Idaho/Montana border. I thought some might find it interesting. I geek out on this kinda stuff. :)



Coords:  48° 40.193'N, 116° 2.948'W

[K Frame]

From the mid 1800s is,my guess.

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[230RN]

"Coords:  48° 40.193'N, 116° 2.948'W"

Did you get that from what looks like a geo survey marker on top, or did you GPS that?

I geek out on stuff like that, e.g.:

I was fascinated by the fact that "Baseline Road" up in Boulder, which was supposed to be the exact 40° baseline from Lincoln NE for survey and legal description purposes, is actually off by about 30(?) feet.  The original survey back in the day was inaccurate.

[Ben]

"Coords:  48° 40.193'N, 116° 2.948'W"

Did you get that from what looks like a geo survey marker on top, or did you GPS that?

Neither.  I neglected to mark it when I took the pic so just guestimated off google earth. Though looking closer, I think I was actually at  48° 40.493'N, 116° 2.948'W as I think I was driving down from Herman Lake when I spotted it up off the road.

[cordex]

From the mid 1800s is,my guess.

I'm guessing not much before 1890.

[K Frame]

Hum... Looking at it more closely, it looks as if it may be concrete. I was thinking it was carved stone.

If concrete, later.

If carved stone, earlier.

[RoadKingLarry]

Likely a replacement for an earlier/original that was vandalised or stolen.

[cordex]

Hum... Looking at it more closely, it looks as if it may be concrete. I was thinking it was carved stone.

If concrete, later.

If carved stone, earlier.

In any case, probably not before the state was founded.

[K Frame]

Oh crap, Idaho entered the union in 1890.

I don't know why I thought it entered in the late 1860s.

[griz]

here's one one on the North Carolina - Virginia border.  Not my picture, it's from a geocache page.  coordinates are

N 36° 33.036 W 076° 22.609

[Perd Hapley]

Oh crap, Idaho entered the union in 1890.

I don't know why I thought it entered in the late 1860s.

I heard it was erected by a group of Konfederate Klan Republicans, in 1848. The actual work was done by the persons of color they "owned" as slaves.

TEAR IT DOWN!!

[K Frame]

This is one of the original 1792 DC boundary markers.



I've seen a bunch of them over the years.