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It wasn't the first time thieves had made off with the marker, a circular brass plate roughly the si/.e of a bagel set atop a concrete-filled pipe buried deep in the ground. It was similar to other brass survey markers that can be found across the state - small points embedded in roads, corners of lots or even in the middle of nowhere. But this one was special. It was the first marker and the basis for all land survevs ever done in Idaho.
Because of this, Idaho's is one of only 37 initial points in the United States. The first initial point marker was installed in the spring of 1867 and has gone through various incarnations, including once featuring a stone monument, which was long ago destroyed by vandals."It's fascinating," said Bureau of Land Management spokesperson M.J. Byrne, adding that the marker's location directly led to the name of a Southwesten Idaho town due north of the site: Meridian.See the full content of this document
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Ir may have happened in the dead of night, or maybe in the hn i. ul light of lI.iv. hut with no one mound for miles, there were nn eyewitnesses. Wh.it was left in the wake of the unknown vandals was the tip of a rusting metal pipe sticking out of the ground ...
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