THE NEVADA TRAVERSE - Nevada Association of Land Surveyors

Boundary Relic Has
a New Home
By Paul S. Pace, PLS
The granite column known as the Davidson Monument got
its new home near the front entrance of Boomtown Hotel and
Casino in Verdi, Nevada in the Spring of 2011. Volunteers from
NVEnergy moved the column from its storage location to the
new location near the front entrance to the Boomtown complex.
Verdi East Base in place on a ranch in Verdi, Nevada, in the late
1980’s. Photo by author
NVEnergy volunteers set the column in its new location at Boomtown April,
2011. Photo by author.
In the Fall of 2011 a party of NALS and CLSA members retied
the column into Davidson’s original 1872 triangulation network
near the 120th Meridian. The column perpetuated the eastern
terminus of Davidson’s taped base line, Verdi East Base. An
interpretive plaque and a brass disk, set in the drill hole in the
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top of the column, were in place by the end of the year. During
this year’s CLSA-NALS Joint Conference, a brief dedication
ceremony was held after the Conference sessions on March
27, 2012, to highlight the monument’s new venue. The event
was well attended by NALS and CLSA members, as well as
others interested in the state boundary surveys. It was the
culmination of years of effort by the two state associations,
Boomtown and others with a passion for history.
Former NALS President Matt Gingerich, PLS at Davidson’s
Point of Rocks, during the survey in October, 2001. Photo by author.
Some of the NALS and CLSA members attending the dedication
at Boomtown, March 27th, 2012. Photo by Steve Shambeck, PLS
Photography
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