Principal meridian — Figure 1. This BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS. A meridian is an imaginary line on the Earth s surface from the North Pole to the South Pole that connects all locations with a… … Wikipedia
Fifth Principal Meridian — The Fifth Principal Meridian starts from the old mouth of the Arkansas River, and, with the base line running west from the old mouth of the St. Francis River, governs the surveys in Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota; those in Minnesota,… … Wikipedia
Meridian, Mississippi — City Meridian s Gateway to Downtown, the 22nd Ave Bridge … Wikipedia
Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… … Wikipedia
U.S. Route 81 — Infobox U.S. Route article route=81 length mi=1220Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)] . URL accessed 22:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC).] length km=1963.4 yrcom=1926, truncated northward in the… … Wikipedia
List of Colorado-related topics — The following is a list of topics about the U.S. State of Colorado. NOTOC compactTOC4 0–9*6th Principal Meridian *10 mile Range *10th Mountain Division (United States) *14ers of Colorado [http://www.14ers.org/peaks.php website] *25th meridian… … Wikipedia
Diocese of Wichita — Diocese of Wichita † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Wichita (WICHITENSIS). Erected in 1887, from the Diocese of Leavenworth. The territory of the new see was bounded on the east by the sixth principal meridian, south by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
metes and bounds — /meets/ the boundaries or limits of a piece of land. [1275 1325; late ME; trans. of AF metes et boundes. See METE2, BOUND3] * * * ▪ land description limits or boundaries of a tract of land as identified by natural landmarks, such as rivers … Universalium
George Washington Carver — Infobox Person name = George Washington Carver caption = birth date = January 1864cite web | url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwca/expanded/gwc tour 01.htm | title=About GWC: A Tour of His Life | publisher=National Park Service | work=George… … Wikipedia
Girard, Kansas — Infobox Settlement official name = Girard, Kansas settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Girard, Kansas mapsize1 = map caption1 =… … Wikipedia