1915 Ohio Michigan State Line Survey

Ohio Historical Marker

  1915 Ohio Michigan State Line Survey   Between July 12 and October 26, 1915, Samuel Stinson Gannet, Geographer of the United States Geographical Survey and crew retraced and surveyed the Ohio and Michigan State Line.  Working with a transit and dragging a 300 foot steel tape, the crew surveyed 69.92 miles and set 72 granite monuments.  The 700-pound monuments are 5 feet 6 inches tall and cost $18.00 each, including delivery from Mount Airy, North Carolina.  The top 18 inches were cut and carved by Lloyd Brothers in Toledo.  Once the survey was complete, it put an end to one of the greatest disputes over a state line in the history of the United States.   NORTHWEST OHIO AND TOLEDO CHAPTERS PLSO CENTRAL CHAPTER MSPS JOSEPH D. FENICLE, PS THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY   2016 4-26   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers