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Carla:
You are correct, it is the NE of the NE qtr of Section 11, which would be right on US
Highway 41, my mistake in reading this hurriedly. I went to the NE of the NW qtr by
mistake, it is easy to do.
The reason this survey platting descriptions was started was because of the problems
incurred in the older "meets and bounds" method using hatchet marked trees,
small streams, large rocks, etc. Trees die and are blown down, streams can and do change
pathways during floods, and even large rocks can be moved.
I find this an interesting area, as you see my mother lived on a house boat on the Wabash
River in the 1920's. This boat was parked just about dead west of your ancestor's
property! She and her siblings went to school in Atherton, and everyday they walked down
a farm lane from Highway 41 to the river to go home. The farmer often had his bull in
that fenced lane, and they had to roll under the barbed wire fence to get away from him!
Good Hunting
David L. Bonnett
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