Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.—Continued.
On 1.7-foot cottonwood, 200 feet from river, at foot of willow bar, about 700 feet above wood-yard. The tree is 140 feet below upper edge of clump of large cottonwoods near K 485, about 12 miles above Sioux City, Iowa
N. B.-This bench was erroneously numbered on the tree 80." On 1.7-foot cottonwood, 150 feet from high-water bank, 700 feet from river, near foot of shore bar, 1,200 feet above R. B. 552, 1,500 feet above Hedge's wood-yard, 13 or 14 miles above Sioux City, Iowa... On 1.7-foot willow, 50 feet from north and south fence, 450 feet from river, 250 feet above R. B. 535, about 53 miles below mouth of Iowa Creek, Nebraska...
On north side of 3.5-foot cottonwood, 330 feet from river, on land owned by John Thornton, 200 feet above upper edge of clearing on which is wood yard owned by Joseph Leach, 5 miles below Iowa Creek, Nebraska..
On 2-foot elm, 150 feet from river, at base of bluff, 100 feet below the point where road coming up the river enters bluff, 300 feet below K 441, 24 miles below mouth of Iowa Creek, Nebraska.. On up-river side of 2-foot elm, at foot of bluff, 70 feet from river, 25 feet from edge of high bank, 500 feet above K 437, 200 feet above mouth of small creek, 14 miles below Iowa Creek, Nebraska.. Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into northern expos ure of ledge of hard rock in sand-stone, 1,300 feet below Iowa Creek, Nebraska, 35 feet below R. B. 518.
On 3-foot cottonwood, 300 feet from bank, 200 feet below K 429, directly back from R. B. © 517, 1,060 feet above point above mouth of Iowa Creek, Nebraska
On 2-foot elm, 350 feet from river, 300 feet from base of bluff, 650 feet above R. B. 500, 750 feet above Ponca Landing, Nebraska............
On 1.2-foot linn, 150 feet from river, in ravine, 250 feet below K 397, 700 feet below foot of island bar on right bank, three-quarters of a mile above Ponca Landing, Nebraska
On up-river side of 2.5-foot cotton wood, 300 feet from river, one half of a mile below foot of shore bar, opposite K 394, 3 miles above Ponca Landing, Nebraska.
On 2.3-foot cottonwood, behind shore bar, 150 feet from high water bank, 2,500 feet from river, 150 feet below R. B. 487, about 4 miles above Ponca Landing, Nebraska.
On 2.5-foot twin cottonwood, 275 feet from river bank, 610 feet above R. B. 481, about 5 miles below Ionia, Nebr...
On 2.5-foot cottonwood, 210 feet from river, 300 feet below K 366, about 14 miles below Ionia, Nebr. The bench is on the river side of the tree
On 2.5-foot elm, on bluff side, about 1,000 feet below the landing at Ionia, Nebr., 220 feet east from 1-story frame house of Ira Spencer, 360 feet from river
On southwest side of 3-foot elm, 320 feet from river, on west side of creek, near foot of shore bar, 50 feet northwest of wagon bridge where county road crosses creek, 270 feet northwest of 1-story frame house, 400 feet below K 356, three-quarters of a mile above Ionia, Nebr
On 3-foot cottonwood, 500 feet from river, 200 feet from high bank of dry chute, 1,000 feet below "F" in chute, directly back of R. B. 455
On 2.9-foot twin cottonwood, 350 feet from river, 1,000 feet below R. B. 445, 500 feet toward river from deserted fraine house On 2-foot white elm, 220 feet from river, 40 feet from bluff, 900 feet be- low head of bottom, 50 feet below old earth-covered log shelter, 1,150 feet below K 337, and about 3 miles below Vermillion Cut-off.. On river side of 2.5-foot elm, 80 feet from edge of bank, 200 feet from bluff, 300 feet below K 334, 13 miles below bench 492 "B. M. 16" of Vermillion construction party, near Vermillion gauge On 4-foot cottonwood, on side of bluff, 500 feet below mouth of small stream, 500 feet above foot of shore bar formed on right bank of river by Vermillion Cut-off, one quarter mile below house owned by
On up-river side of 1.1-foot box-alder, on edge of high-water bank, near K 322, 300 feet from river, 300 feet above 14-story frame house opposite Vermillion Cut-off.
On west side of 3.5-foot elm, 105 feet from river, 130 feet from base of bluff 100 feet below K 314, one-quarter mile below bead of bottom.. 735. 171 B. M. "D" equal to "B. M. 12" of construction party-on north side of same tree as bench 494
On 1-foot cottonwood, at base of bluff, 200 feet from river, at point where river comes to bluff, near A 158, 200 feet below foot of shore bar, back from K 309.
"B. M. 11" of construction party
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.-Continued.
On southeast side of 2-foot cottonwood, 20 feet from edge of high bank, 1,200 feet below head of open shore bar, 600 feet below K 297 On river side of 2-foot cottonwood, 240 feet from bank, 200 feet above a sand ridge ranging back at right angles with the river, and rising 20 feet above the bottom, 400 feet below K 291 On 2.9-foot elm, 275 feet from river bank, directly back from K 284, 200 feet from Potter's A 11, 200 feet below foot of shore bar. B. M. "C"-equals bench of Vermillion construction party: on 1.7- foot linn, 50 feet from river, 1,500 feet below K 283 On 1.6-foot slippery-elm, on side of bluff, 100 feet from river, near head of shore bar, inmediately back from B. M. "C"above.. On river side of 2-foot cottonwood, at foot of bluff, on north side of road running down-stream from Saint James, Nebr., 90 feet from river, 100 feet above mouth of small creek, one-quarter mile below Bow Creek
B. M. "B" equals "B. M. 1" of Vermillion construction party; on 2.5-foot cottonwood, 200 feet above bench 500 (52) On 3.3-foot cottonwood, 250 feet from bank of chute behind Saint Helena Island, and 1,500 feet above its foot, 930 feet above R. B. 370
On 1.7-foot cottonwood, 150 feet from bank of chute behind Saint Helena Island and one-half mile below its head, 1,000 feet above R. B. 365.....
On 10-inch twin elm, 50 feet from river, at foot of bluff, opposite K 273, 1,100 feet below landing at Saint Helena, Nebr
On 3-foot cottonwood, 40 feet west of wagon road, 170 feet from river, 1,200 feet above point where river comes to bluff, above Saint Helena, Nebr......
On 1.3-foot cottonwood, 300 feet from river, directly back from 142, at head of shore bar, above Saint Helena, Nebr
On north side of 2.5-foot cottonwood, in cottonwood timber, 200 feet from river, 400 feet below foot of shore bar, 600 feet below K 253... On northeast side of 1.7-foot cottonwood, at foot of blaff, where river first comes to right bank bluff below Yankton, Dak., 450 feet from river, near mouth of Dorion Creek. This tree is the eighth large cottonwood between the creek and the bluff, counting from the river up
On east side of 1.2-foot cottonwood, 100 feet back from high-water bank, one-half mile from edge of shore bar, about opposite K 248, This tree is 300 feet below upper end of a grove of large cottonwood trees, 34 miles below Yankton, Dak. Blaze on river side of tree. U.S. B. M. 45
(44) On 1.7-foot cottonwood, southeast side of tree, near, probably less than 200 feet from, bench 508.
Gauge B. M., at Yankton, Dak.; on head of nail in middle of window. sill on north (down-river) side of August Kunze's brick dwelling, at brick-yard, one-quarter mile below railroad shops.
509 (44) On 1-foot water elm, on side of bluff, 75 feet from river, 350 feet above K 230, one-quarter mile above point where river leaves bluff, about 4 miles above Yankton, Dak
510 (43) 511 (41) 512 (40)
On 2.1-foot cottonwood, 300 feet from river, 400 feet above 122 On east side of quadruple box-alder, 200 feet from river, at K 216, 150 feet west of creek, on slope of the bigh bank of the creek bottom. On 2-foot elm, on side of bluff. 100 feet from river, at point where river leaves bluff, 450 feet below K 212
On southwest side of 2-foot cottonwood, in body of large cottonwood timber, behind and 700 feet below head of willow bar, 400 feet from bench between cottonwoods and willows, 800 feet from river, about opposite B 191..
514 (37) On 1.5-foot elm, 20 feet from foot of bluff, in edge of woods, just below swamp, 300 feet from river, 550 feet below K 195, about one-quarter mile below point where river leaves bluff, below Bonhomme Island, Dakota.
On south side of 2-foot elm, 40 feet from river, at foot of bluff, at mouth of chute behind Bonhomine Island, Dakota, 1.300 feet above K 193 On 3.3-foot cottonwood, 500 feet from river, 1,000 feet above A 104, directly back from R. B. 252
515 (36) 516 (35) 517 (34)
On southwest side of 2.1 foot cottonwood, 500 feet from river. 700 feet northeast of 100, a large solitary tree in prairie, about 14 miles southeast of Bonhomme, Dak...
On 3-foot cottonwood, on Bonhomme Island, 300 feet from river, 200 feet above R. B. 248, 3,000 feet below head of Bonhomme Island, Dakota.....
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.—Continued.
520 (31) 521 (30) Springfield.
On 2.5-foot elm, 100 feet from foot of bluff, 400 feet from river, 2,500 feet above Dodson's Landing, 3,000 feet above 96: near point where river leaves bluff, 4 miles above Bonhomme, Dak. This bench is erroneously numbered on the tree 31. On 2.5-foot cottonwood, 1,000 feet from river, directly back from A 82. On 2-foot cottonwood, reference tree to ▲ 82, 300 feet from river; one of a group of scattering trees at foot of prairie, one-fourth mile above Springfield, Dak.
527 (24)
Niobrara
River. 528 (23)
On 3-foot cottonwood, 130 feet from river, in small bottom, just above mouth of Lost Creek, 2,000 feet below mouth of Bazil Creek, 1,400 feet below K 152.
On 1.5-foot twin cottonwood, 50 feet back from bank between willow flat and prairie, 380 feet from outer edge of willows, 700 feet from water, three-fourths mile below Running Water, Dak. This tree is the second from lower end of group of large cottonwoods oppo- site and below Running Water, Dak.
On 1.7-foot cottonwood, in willow flat, 100 feet from edge of prairie, 1,200 feet from outer edge of shore bar, opposite old town of Nio- brara, Nebr., and the United States water-gauge at Running Water, Dak
On 1.2-foot elm, on bluff side, in ravine, 150 feet above ferry landing, at Running Water, Dak
On 2.1-foot cottonwood, 300 feet from river, 250 feet above R. B. © 169, 2,800 feet below landing for Niobrara, Nebr.; the uppermost of a group of large cottonwoods, about 1 miles below mouth of Nio- brara River, Nebraska.
On 1.7-foot red elm, on bluff side, 100 feet from river, three-eighths mile above mouth of Niobrara River, Nebraska..
Ou east side of 1.1-foot cottonwood, on island, 500 feet from river, at head of open bar, 40 feet west of bench between cottonwoods and bar, just above K 130, 14 miles above mouth of Niobrara River, Nebraska On 1.3-foot water elm, forking 9 feet from ground, lone tree in prairie behind willow bar, 180 feet from edge of high-water bank, 850 feet from edge of bar, opposite K 128. N. B.-This bench is erroneously numbered on the tree 25'
On 3-foot elm, 200 feet from bank, 270 feet above K 121, 1,270 feet be- ! low mouth of small stream, opposite A 58.
On west side of 3.5-foot cottonwood, 460 feet from river, near south- ern line, and about one-quarter mile below the head of belt of small cottonwoods and willows between river and prairie opposite and above the mouth of Chouteau Creek, 800 feet below K 109 On 1-foot cottonwood, on side of bluff, at mouth of small stream, 2,500 feet below 44, back from K 100.
530 (22) 531 (21) Chouteau Creek.
On west side of 2.5-foot cottonwood, in ravine, 120 feet from river, 800 feet below K 96...
On 10-inch red elm, in ravine, 200 feet from river, at K 91... On west side of 3-foot cottonwood, on upper side of ravine and dry- water course, 100 feet from river, at sounding stake P. 2, about 700 feet above 36
On 1.7-foot cottonwood, at foot of bluff, 210 feet from river, at point where river first comes to bluff below Yankton Agency, Dak On 1.3-foot cottonwood (one of a group of three), on edge of high bank behind willow bar, 225 feet from river, 300 feet below K 75, one-half mile below Yankton Agency, Dak
On northwest side of 2-foot cottonwood, on edge of bench between cottonwood belt and prairie, 260 feet from high-water bank, one- half mile from outer edge of shore bar, one-quarter mile above Yankton Agency, Dak
On west side of 1.5-foot ash, 160 feet from river, 800 feet from foot of bluff, opposite A 28, between river and small clump of wllows... On 1.3-foot twin cottonwood, on bluff side, 30 feet from bank in mouth of small ravine, about 1,000 feet below A 24
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into point of granite bowlder which protrudes from bluff on east side of small ravine opening on the river 200 feet below K 52.
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into northeast ex- posure of large mass of porous rock lying under the bank 450 feet below 14.....
On 1.3-foot cottonwood, at foot of bluff, near lower end of shore bar, where river first comes to bluff, below Fort Randall, Dak., 640 feet above K 41....
On 8 inch cottonwood, 75 feet from edge of bank, 200 feet from river, 550 feet above head of large shore bar, 920 feet above R. B. 31... On 5-inch twin cottonwood, one fork of which, its top cut off, forms the bench, 200 feet from river, 25 feet back from high-water bank, opposite 8, 3 miles below Fort Randall, Dak..
On 1.7-foot cottonwood, 80 feet from high-water bank, 150 feet from river, 350 feet below head of shore bar, 125 feet below R. B. 24, 2 miles below Fort Randall, Dak
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.—Continued.
547 (5) On south side of 2.1-foot elm, 425 feet from river, 125 feet below shal- low dry slough, 500 feet above R. B. 20, 1 mile below Fort Ran- dall, Dak Top of fourth course of masonry above foundation at northwest cor ner of north wing of stone building used as "Christ Church" and "Echo Lodge No. 2," Fort Randall, Dak. A cross (+) is cut into the north face of the building about 1 inch below the bench.... B. M. "A"-cross (+) cut into top of foundation at southwest corner of south wing of above building
(3) On 1.5-foot water elm, on side of bluff, just east of wagon road lead- ing up from saw-mill at landing to Fort Randall, Dak., about 300 feet from river.
Gauge B. M.-nail in cottonwood, on bank above gauge at Fort Ran- dall, Dak..
On 1.7-foot white elm, forked 2 feet from ground, 120 feet from river, on east side of ravine opening on river, 50 feet above sounding stake P. 1
On 6-inch twin white elm, 10 feet from bank, 30 feet from river, on side of bluff, 40 feet above small ravine, 800 feet above A 2 On southwest side 16-inch elm, on Chicot Island, 4,000 feet above its foot, 240 feet from river..
353 (89)
554 (88)
Wheeler.
On 48-inch cottonwood, 100 feet from river, 150 feet above R. B. 676.. On 18-inch burr oak, 100 feet from river, just below dry creek bed, opposite Wheeler, Dak.
On 30-inch elm, 225 feet from river, at edge of prairie, lower corner of cornfield, foot of shore bar, near R. 461, three-fourths mile above Wheeler, Dak.
336 (86) On 12-inch cottonwood, 200 feet from river, 150 feet from foot of bluff, 800 feet above R. B. 640
On 30-inch double elm, at foot of bluff, just below ravine, 200 feet from river, 1,000 feet below foot of Little Cedar Island, Dakota... On 18-inch cottonwood, 250 feet from river, in small ravine, opposite R. B. 604, and foot of Hamilton Island, Dakota..
On 18-inch cottonwood, 300 feet from river, 700 feet below foot of bar, in small ravine, 500 feet above R. B. 585..
On 16-inch burr oak, 100 feet from river, on edge of bench, 100 feet from foot of bluff, in scrub timber and brush, one-fourth mile above head of Island No. 3, Dakota..
G. B. M. On 12-inch cottonwood, immediately back of the Laroche gauge, about 100 feet from bank...
On 24-inch cottonwood, one of two growing together at foot of bluff, 700 feet above R. B. 558, 2 miles below Rosebud Landing, Dakota. On 24-inch cottonwood, 350 feet from river, on bank of small creek, one- fourth mile below foot of island opposite Rosebud Landing, Dakota.. On 24-inch cottonwood, near edge of bluff bank, 150 feet above ware- house at Rosebud Landing, Daktoa.............
On 24-inch elm, 125 feet from river, on south side ravine, three-fourths mile above Rosebud Landing, Dakota
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt set into south face of large rock in bank, on left shore of river, just below the lower Bijou hill about 3 miles above Rosebud Landing, Dakota..
Bijon Hills.
568 (73) 569 (71)
On north side 36-inch cottonwood, 360 feet from river, in prairie on west side of dry creek bed, 400 feet above R. 373...
On 24-inch elm, 250 feet from river, 300 feet above R. 370..
On 18-inch cottonwood, 150 feet from river, on bluff side, 800 feet be- low R. 362.
On 24-inch cottonwood, on bluff side where river comes to bluff, 500 feet above R. 359...
573 (67) Sonora
Island.
574 (66)
On 24-inch cottonwood, on edge of bank, behind willow and sand bar, on south side Sonora Island, Dakota, about 200 feet above its foot..
On 18-inch elm, on first bench back from river, 90 feet from bank, 50 feet from foot of bluff, 800 feet below R. 343, opposite center of General Brooks' Island, Dakota..
On 12-inch elm, 70 feet from river, 400 feet below R. 333, erroneously marked on tree ** 65"
On northwest side 36-inch cottonwood, 175 feet from high water bank, 500 feet from river, three-quarters mile below foot of Sonora Island, Dakota.
On 30-inch cottonwood, on bluff side, 100 feet from river, 500 feet be. low R. B. 484..
On 12-inch cottonwood, 200 feet from river, on right bank of dry creek bed, opposite R. B. O 477..
On 24-inch cottonwood, 200 feet from river, 500 feet below mouth of dry creek, 600 feet above 68......
On 24-inch elm, on side of bluff, 200 feet from river, 500 feet above R. 302..
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.-Continued.
On 30-inch elm, 500 feet from river, 400 feet below mouth of American River, 2,500 feet cast of Lower Brulé Agency, Dak
On 15-inch cottonwood, on bluff side, 150 feet below R. B. On 36-inch cottonwood, 500 feet from river, 600 feet from foot of bluff, directly opposite R. B. 433, 600 feet below foot of Ida Rees Isl- and, Dakota.
On 14-inch elm, 90 feet from bank, in brush and timber, 1,000 feet above foot of Big Cedar Island, Dak.
On 18-inch cottonwood, in ravine, one of three large trees 125 feet back of face of bluffs, 400 feet below R. 281..
584 (56) 585 (55) Chamberlain
On 24-inch cottonwood, 500 feet from river, opposite Chamberlain, Dak., on Big Cedar Island
On 24-inch cottonwood, 400 feet from river, opposite Chamberlain, Dak., on Big Cedar Island
586 (54) 587 (53) 588 (52)
G. B. M. On 30-inch elm, 300 feet from river, 700 feet above Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul R. R. freight depot, in Chamberlain, Dak. On 30-inch cottonwood, 425 feet from bank, lone tree in prairie, oppo- site R. 274, 1 mile above Chamberlain, Dak..
On 18 inch burr oak, 800 feet from river, in prairie, one of a group of scattering trees, 500 feet above 56
On south side of 24-inch burr oak, 275 feet from river, at foot of bluff, about 1,000 feet below R. 265
589 (50) 590 (49) Fort Hale. 591 (48)
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into soap-stone bluff, 1,000 feet above foot of shore bar, 1,000 feet above A 52. On east side 14-inch oak, 50 feet northwest of Commandant's house, at Fort Hale, Dak.
North end, outer edge door-sill, main entrance, east side, Command- ant's house, Fort Hale, Dak
On 36-inch cottonwood, on bank of dry creek, 400 feet back from R. B. 304, 500 feet above 40
On 15-inch elm, on left bank Camel Creek, 400 feet from river, 550 feet above ▲ 42...
On 18-inch cottonwood, 250 feet from high-water bank, near R. 195, at foot of shore bar and upper end of timber and brush. On 36-inch cottonwood, 650 feet from river, opposite sounding-stake H 5, one of a group of four large cottonwoods in prairie On 22-inch elm, 60 feet from river, at foot of bluff, at lower end of wooded bottom, 300 feet above R. 185.
592 (47) 593 (46)
Fort Thomp.
594 (44) 595 (43) Fish Creek.
On 36-inch cottonwood, on south bank Zephyr Creek, 100 feet from river..
On 12-inch elm, 200 feet from river, on west side of ravine, 400 feet below R. 234.
On 48-inch double cottonwood, 75 feet south of foot of plateau, 270 feet from river, 500 feet below R. B. 239.....
On 20-inch cottonwood, 500 feet from river, 200 feet from high-water bank, above R. B. 260, 300 feet above foot of bar, opposite A 34.961. 230 On 18-inch cottonwood, 200 feet from river, in cottonwood flat, be- hind 20-foot sand ridge, 1,300 feet below A 312
597 (41) 598 (40) 599 (39) 600 (38) 601 (37) Cul-de-sac Island. 602 (35)
603 (34)
604 (33) 605 (32) Big Bend.
606 (31)
609 (26) 610 (25) 611 (23)
612 (22)
614 (20) D'Oriou
Island No. 1.
615 (19)
On 30-inch cottonwood, one of a small grove on bluff slope, 1,600 feet above 38, 1,000 feet above R. B. © 231
On 14-inch elm, 250 feet from river, on bluff side, 600 feet below R.
"O" cut in top of bowlder, in ravine, 100-feet from river, at R. 149. On 14-inch cedar, on side of bluff, in ravine, about 350 feet below R. 136..
On 20-inch cottonwood, 55 feet from river, on edge of bench. 50 feet! from base of bluff at R. 129
On 60-inch cottonwood, 300 feet from river, 1,500 feet below mouth of Medicine Knoll Creek, Dak
On 72-inch cottonwood, 1,000 feet from river, 250 feet from high-water bank, 300 feet below R. B. 183, 1 miles above Medicine Knoll Creek, Dak
On 50-inch double cottonwood, on side of bluff, behind shore bar, 50 feet from bluff bank, one-quarter mile below R. 120
"O" cut in top of large bowlder embedded in bank at R. 118 On 15-inch cottonwood, 300 feet from river, on bank of dry creek, near R. B. 155
On 12-inch willow, growing from side of bluff, in ravine, 1,000 feet below 24'
On 40-inch cottonwood, 20 feet from south bank of Cedar Creek, 450 feet from river, about one-half mile above toot of D'Orion Island (No. 1), Dakota.
On southwest side 20-inch cottonwood, 130 feet from river, on lower side dry creek bed, three-quarters mile above foot D'Orion Island (No. 1), Dakota, 175 feet above R. B. () 135
On 20-inch double elm, 60 feet from river, on bluff side, 350 feet be- 1 low R. 90..
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