Two full days of surveying classes at a historic ranch in the Panhandle of Texas for 16 PDH, including 3 for ethics/rules.

Seminar fee includes classes, meals and lodging.

MORE DETAILS & PRICING TBD!

Two full days of classes at the historic 60,000 acre LIT Ranch (www.talonpoint.org) near Channing, Texas. Come see the "Twichell Mound" created by the Class of 2011. 16 PDHs (includes 3 hours ethics/rules). Seminar fee includes meals and lodging at Talon Point Retreat. Early Registration discount ends April 26th, 2022. Registration is limited.

High Plains Experience 2022 presented by Chapters 1, 10, 16 and 18

• Stan Piper and J.D. Davis’ Research and Recovery: The participants in this class will benefit from many years of experience as Stan explains his methods of preparing for a survey, setting up his research and field sketches, and then Stan has an in the field portion on learning how to recover and identify original monuments.
  
• Maxey Sheppard and Michel Newton’s West Texas Retracement: The whole group of instructors and their assistants will take part in leading this course, where participants will take up a compass and chain, and using a set of handwritten field notes, strike out across the prairie in search of old boundary corners.  Antique survey equipment will be supplied, and we are hoping this will be a good way for both young and old surveyors to share ideas and methods of working without modern technology.  
• Robby Christopher’s Gradient Boundary: The participants in this class will learn the history of surveying navigable rivers in Texas, then, it’s off to the Canadian River to get hands-on experience at identifying a qualifying bank and taking the measurements necessary to establish the boundary between the State-owned river bed and upland, private lands.

The Craig Alderman Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving candidate. Contact Robby Christopher (see below) for information and application. Other scholarships may be available.

Thursday HIGH PLAINS SHOOTOUT (NO CHARGE). Please RSVP to Robby Christopher for headcount and supplies. 
Shotguns will be provided if needed. Birds, 12-gauge and 20-gauge shells will be provided.

PLEASE CHECK THE WEATHER BEFORE ARRIVING, PANHANDLE WEATHER CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR!

Friday Night’s meal will be a STEAK DINNER provided to you by one of our sponsors, and TBPELS Executive Director Lance Kinney, Ph.D., P.E. will be our guest speaker to accompany this dinner. Friday lunch will be a complementary BBQ meal, courtesy of our sponsors, and Saturday lunch will be served in the field as we go through our field exercises.

We are hoping to see everyone Thursday night at Talon Point, a private retreat outside of Channing, TX, where our formal dining and lodging has been arranged, and where all classroom activities will take place. Upon arrival Thursday night, we will have a BBQ dinner get together after the optional skeet shoot, where we can start discussing the courses and showing how the antique equipment works.  All field work will take place on the historic LIT Ranch, with our gracious thanks to ranch owner Bill O’Brien.  

The LIT is a 60,000-acre ranch comprised of River Surveys, Live Water Surveys, and Rail Road Surveys, with many original corners having been recovered in good condition.  The historic town of “Old Tascosa”, once a cow-town and part of many famous cattle trails, and home to many infamous people of the western history of America, is located on grounds once owned by the ranch. The site of “Old Tascosa” is now occupied by Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, a highly recognized home for children needing direction in their life. Boot Hill Cemetery and the Old Courthouse still stand, with the Old Courthouse now being a historical museum, showing both frontier life and the history of the Boy’s Ranch.

INSTRUCTORS:
Robby Christopher- RPLS, LSLS, Lubbock, TX  
J.D. Davis- RPLS, LSLS, Amarillo, TX
Michel Newton- RPLS, LSLS, Lubbock, TX  
Stan Piper- RPLS, LSLS, Midland, TX
Maxey Sheppard- RPLS LSLS, Abilene TX

Cancellation Policy: A refund minus a $50 processing fee will be granted if cancellation is received via email no later than Thursday, April 28th.