> I have the homestead land description of an ancestor's brother and > am having trouble translating it into something I can use. > > Before I dive into the details, I'd like to make it clear that I am > quite familiar with the system used on the Canadian prairies, and > while the U.S. system shares a lot of similarities with the Canadian > system, it turns out that there are a number of differences which > are combining to stop me dead. > > The land description is Secn 1 - Rg 73W - Twp 129N - 5P.M. > > I've been able to locate the 5th Principal Meridian, and thus can > locate the 73rd Range west of it. But where is the baseline that > Township 129 is North of? I've spent a couple of hours searching > the web but can't find a description of how or where baselines on > the American central prairies were determined. Were they on lines > of latitude? Tips, hints, clues gratefully accepted. > > "Donna Hrynkiw" <Donna.Hrynkiw@kwantlen.ca> Donna, See if this url is of any help to you. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/landmaps/range_map.html -- Claude Claude J Ortega <cjortega100@hotmail.com>