Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker

  • Also Known As: Beginning Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey also Louisiana P

  • Vicinity: SE of Blackton at corner of Monroe and Phillips counties
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

This stone marks the base established November 10, 1815, from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by United States engineers. The first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812 with land bounties. - Inscription


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1815/11/10 US Army Corps of Engineers Surveyor Prospect K Robbins and Joseph C Brown establish a benchmark to survey the lands of the Louisiana Purchase. Louisiana Purchase

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Particulars for Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker:
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Criteria Historic Event
Sight Category Landscape
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 23rd February 1972

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker
Registry Address: SE of Blackton at corner of Monroe and Phillips counties
Registry Number: 72000206
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Local
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Objects: 1
Non-Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Exploration-settlement
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1815
Historic Function: Landscape
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function:

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