Idaho State Historical Society reference series
Location of Fort Boise

http://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0029.pdf

http://www.pobonline.com/copyright/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000766637?view=print

http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?page=1&xmldoc=19699743Ill2d54_193.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985&SizeDisp=7

http://auburnlandsurveying.com/

http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html

http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=70829

http://libraries.maine.edu/Spatial/gisweb/spatdb/acsm/ac94116.html

NOAA's Corbin Training Center offers classes online and at the training center on OPUS Projects. manager training for Geodetic Digital Leveling, and many more.

Past Classes and their presentations
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/corbin/past_classes.shtml

and Upcoming Classes
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/corbin/calendar.shtml

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos040.htm

http://www.surveyingcareer.com/

http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=70959

Their standard unit of measurement is the vara (33 1/3”). They also use a League, a Labor, a Sitio in their descriptions. What is most interesting is that land was formed under Spanish Law(1720-1821), then Mexican law(1821-1836), then Texas as a Sovereign Nation(1836-1845), then as part of the US. With each change they respected the previous laws so when you look at a deed, you have to see what year it was granted.

-Derek Zeman

These areas have some evidence of cypress logging but I beleive many of the trees are very old like the attached live oak pic taken last year.

-Joe Stokes

Witness Trees, what others think about them.

Witness trees are living links to our history
http://www.caller.com/news/2011/mar/30/witness-trees-are-living-links-to-our-history/

Witness Trees
http://www.witnesstrees.org/home.html

Civil War Witness Trees
http://thewitnesstree.net/witness-trees.html
http://www.bivouacbooks.com/bbv2i1s4.htm

http://oxfordlandsurveying.com/what-is-land-surveyor/

http://www.npca.org/parks/mount-rushmore-national-memorial.html?adwords=1&gclid=CMmo0MTL-q0CFUSo4AodGgsQvQ

http://www.vfcc.edu/aboutVFCC/?p=showthinkAboutIt&id=89