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Item Name		Date Posted
1731 Pages 10-1 to 13 PDF (9.2 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
Handout 3 for October 2023 Seminar
1731 Pages 6 to 9 PDF (3.21 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
Handout 2 for October 2023 seminar
1731 Pages 1 to 5 PDF (1.95 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
Handout 1 for October 2023 Seminar
1866 Girauds City Tract by Gentilitz PDF (8.44 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
Map drawn by Theodore (Jore) Gentilitz from Francis Girauds 1852 Field notes of the City Tract. Giraud (as City Surveyor) had been instructed to survey James' (asst to County Surveyor Jack C Hays) 1846 retracement - reported to have been done in 1846.
1866 on 2009 aerial PDF (28.43 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
The 1866 map fitted to the 2019 Aerial at South Central Zone coords. THIS IS APPROXIMATE ---- NOT EVEN CLOSE Note the dimensions of some lots, ranges are hugely off. Reflecting surveys of their time.
1963 Southwestern Quarterly PDF (3.31 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]		9/29/2023
Lot M. Spells Article on the 1731 survey and discussion on comparison to 1846 retracement

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