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While doing survey work in Montmorency County, Matt Dontz (left), Department of Natural Resources professional land surveyor, and his student assistant, Ethan Richmond, recently found an original corner post from 1850. To find the post, Dontz used a hand-written copy of field notes from 1850 that were compiled by a DNR surveyor in the 1930s and ’40s.<\/p><\/div>\n

Department of Natural Resources professional land surveyor Matt Dontz used a pair of waders, GPS coordinates, notes from 1850 and a lot of resourcefulness in a recent discovery that he said will undoubtedly be the highlight of his career. While working in Montmorency County, Dontz recovered an original wooden survey post that was set in a stream 162 years ago to mark a section corner used in surveying the land.<\/p>\n

In July 1850 when the post was set, The U.S. government\u2019s General Land Office \u2013 which laid out the state\u2019s townships in square miles \u2013 would set wooden posts to mark a section or quarter corner every half-mile. The posts were usually cedar stakes that were cut and had one end shaped into a point so it could be driven into the ground.<\/p>\n

The surveyors marked two \u201cbearing trees\u201d in the vicinity as reference points,\u00a0or accessories, which could be used later to locate the corners. The live trees were blazed with a mark on the side that faced the post. Surveyors would record the bearing and distance from the post to each tree \u2013 this way the post could be found.<\/p>\n

Dontz said that because many of the original bearing trees are gone, and based on the length of time that has passed since the original posts were set, it\u2019s unlikely that another complete post will be found in Michigan again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scenario would have to be very similar with the post submerged in water, preserving it,\u201d he said. \u201cTo think that the point of this post hasn\u2019t seen the light of day since July 30, 1850, and probably hasn\u2019t been touched by human hands\u00a0since the day it was set 162 years ago indicates how special this discovery was. This was unquestionably the highlight of my 13 years of surveying \u2013 possibly my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finding the post wasn\u2019t an easy feat for Dontz or his student assistant Ethan Richmond, who was instrumental in finding the post.<\/p>\n

While looking at the original notes from the General Land Office, Dontz noticed some inaccuracies. A corner that was being used for the past 60 years wasn\u2019t in the right place based on the measurements, so he used other corners in the section to find it. The notes said a spruce and cedar were used as the two bearing trees and the original surveyors also noted crossing a small stream west of the section corner.<\/p>\n

Using GPS to find and map out the stream that was described in the notes, Dontz measured a quarter corner half a mile to the north that a DNR surveyor reset off of its two original bearing stumps in 1954. Using those two measurements, Dontz calculated a search area. Donning the waders, he began to explore.<\/p>\n

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This corner post, discovered by Department of Natural Resources professional land surveyor Matt Dontz, was put in the ground in 1850. Because it was in a stream, the cedar post had been preserved for 162 years.<\/p><\/div>\n

He discovered a small piece of stump sticking up that looked like cedar so Dontz yelled to Richmond to check the bearing and distance to the cedar witness that was written in the field notes. With a GPS shot of the remains of the stump, he calculated a position that was within a foot of a waist-deep channel of non-flowing water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI jumped in and started feeling around with my feet and then my hands,\u201d Dontz said. \u201cI felt a ton of roots and sticks in the mucky water when all of a sudden I touched something that would\u2019ve been the right diameter of what these posts should be. I pulled hard and 4.5 feet from the end of the piece of cedar I was holding I saw the telltale axe-shaped point. I let out such a scream that anyone within a mile could have heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dontz had found what other surveyors spend their careers searching for \u2013 an original corner post.<\/p>\n

Bill O\u2019Neill, chief of the DNR\u2019s Forest Resources Division, said Dontz\u2019s dedication was the driving force in uncovering the corner post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe in the forestry and surveying worlds know just how rare this discovery was; now it\u2019s our job to share the importance of this piece of Michigan\u2019s history with the rest of the state,\u201d said O\u2019Neill, who also serves as state forester. \u201cIn addition to being historically important, Matt\u2019s discovery helps correct land maps that had been inaccurate for many years \u2013 maps that may be referenced by current and future land users. This finding shows that even with all of the great technology the DNR uses, it\u2019s the boots-on-the-ground fieldwork that still gets things done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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With his technical and fishing background he provides a fresh prospective and insight to the future and management of his local waters.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.outinmichigan.com","https:\/\/x.com\/outinmich"],"url":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/author\/justinclark\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}