First Guide Meridian East
Commemorative Event Home Page
New Pictures added the album!! August 5, 2005
Special Update 7-28-05:
If you were to receive CEU's, Pins or Weights and haven't got them yet, Please
contact Steve here.
Jerry
Penry and Steve Brosemer wish to thank each of the 225+ of you that came to the
event! It was wonderful to see such a mix of people from all walks of life
come together to celebrate a truly historical event that heretofore had been
seriously underrated in significance! Special thanks to all that helped.
We have extra lapel pins for sale: $5 plus $1 shipping & handling
SOLD OUT!
Event
held
June 24th, 2005
on Site with the Land Surveyors and Citizens of Kansas & Nebraska
Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Setting of the
Stone on the Baseline at the First Guide Meridian East
By Charles Manners on June 24, 1855
Click
Here to View the
Photo Album of the Event! This a work in progress!
Click Here
to see the article in the Marysville Advocate about the Event!
Update: Please check the photo gallery
from the Event!!
If you have a few photos that you would like to pass along to me, please do so.
geotech@sbcglobal.net
We would like to thank:
Griner & Schmitz for providing the original 66' chains and pins.
Cam Howell for the homemade 66' chains
The Martins for the horse and wagon
Mike Clifford and daughter for "bossin'" the chain crews on horseback
The Liberty American Legion and Ladies for facilities and lunch
The Wonderful people of the Marysville, Summerfield, Oketo and Liberty Area for
their hospitality and support.
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS:
FRIDAY JUNE 24, 2005
10:00AM Opening remarks
and
observe the original GLO stone.
10:15AM Measure
south one mile by link chain, steel tape, total station and RTK GPS. Crew
Members Needed! Certificates to the winners.
Remonument
the First Guide Meridian East stone with brass cap and concrete & iron monument box.
1:00PM Lunch break
at the
Liberty, NE Am. Legion Hall (no
food provided)
with an analysis of measurements
and the Presentation of Commemorative paperweights to notables. Bring your own
lunch, grilling space available.
1:45PM Presentations
by Jerry
Penry and Steve Brosemer on Charles Manners and Joseph Ledlie, respectively.
2:45PM
Conclusion
of Event or return to site for more measuring
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Last Update to this page: July 28, 2006 7am CDT
Note: You are encouraged to sign up via the email link above. If you
wish to also sign up for the optional CEU Certificate or Berntsen Brass
Paperweight, then please send a check via regular mail to:NO MORE
WEIGHTS AVAILABLE
First Guide Meridian East Event
c/o GeoTech, Inc.
1512 W. 6th Avenue Suite I
Emporia, KS 66801
Click Here for the
County Road Map in the immediate area (PDF format).
Click Here for a larger overview of the area (PDF
format).
Click Here for Microsoft Maps of the immediate area
(PDF format).
email me at
sbrosemer@geotechinc.net if you can't open PDF (Acrobat Reader) files.
March 19, 2005: In preparation, recovered the stone and planned the event!
