The map you are looking at is the township with Eureka Springs in the center, but you do not know which section the Popplewell's property was actually in without getting the detail from the BLM website telling which part of which section they owned. The BLM website says the legal land description is NWSW 9/ or the NW quarter of the SW quarter of section 9. Section 9 (the red 9) on the map is the NW part of Eureka Springs about 1/4th of which is in the city limits. The SW quarter of section 9 is exactly what it says, "the SW quarter". The NW quarter of that part is exactly what it says. This best represents the 40 acres that they owned. If you know a good real estate agent they can explain it on the map. Understanding this type of information is necessary in passing the test for a real estate license in most states. Hope this helps. Phillip In a message dated 11/1/2007 6:54:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Phillip, Would you mind explaining what I am looking at on the map? Specifically, I'm looking at the map for Gholson Popplewell... it says 20N - 26 West at the top of the map but I can't figure out which area of the map that covers..... Paulette Williams ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com