The Indian meridian, in longitude 97° 14′ 30″ west from Greenwich, extends from Red River to the south boundary of Kansas, and, with the base line in latitude 34° 30′ north, governs the surveys in Oklahoma east of 100° west longitude from Greenwich (all of Oklahoma except the Oklahoma panhandle).
Indian meridian | |
 U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridians in Oklahoma. | |
  Initial Point  Initial Point | |
| Location | Davis Vicinity, Garvin County, Oklahoma |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°30′24.44″N 97°14′51.16″W / 34.5067889°N 97.2475444°W |
| Built | 1870 |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000533 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 6, 1970 |
This line was chosen arbitrarily as part of the land survey of 1870 conducted by E. N. Darling and Thomas H. Barrett, at an arbitrary point about one mile south of Fort Arbuckle (about six miles west of present Davis, Oklahoma). From this initial point, the north–south line was designated as the Indian meridian and the East–West line was designated as the Indian baseline.[2][3]
The Indian Meridian initial point is listed in the National Register of Historic Places with ID #70000533.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Everett, Dianna (2009). "Indian Meridian (and Indian Base Line)". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (Citing the 1871 Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office). Oklahoma Historical Society.
- ^ "1871 Instructions To The Surveyors General" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management National Training Center. U.S. Department of the Interior. 1871. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
Sources
edit- Raymond, William Galt (1914). Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field (via Internet Archive). New York: American Book Company.
External links
edit- "Cadastral Survey [Indian Meridian]". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- "Principal Meridians and Base Lines". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- "Indian Principal Meridan". Principal Meridian Project. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- "Indian Meridian". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- "Initial Point of Oklahoma". Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- "Oklahoma and Indian Territory". Oklahoma Digital Maps Collection - Russal Brawley Collection. Oklahoma State University. 1892. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2012.