fifth meridian article

Just got news from Big River Magazine that they will publish another article of mine. I wrote about the Fifth Principal Meridian which is the initial point that was used to begin surveying the Louisiana Purchase in 1815. The surveyors started from two different locations and where the baseline and meridian surveys crossed became the initial point. Interestingly enough, it is in the middle of a swamp in Arkansas, so property descriptions in Iowa, Arkansas, North Dakota, half of South Dakota and most of Minnesota are referenced to that spot in a swamp several hundred miles away. Big River hasn't set a publication date yet, but I'll update when that is available.