Sesquicentennial
Celebration
The Establishment of the Mount Diablo
Initial Point
The Sesquicentennial
Celebration on the summit of Mount
Diablo on July 21, 2001
was tremendously successful, thanks to the efforts of so many people who helped
put it together and for the generosity of contributors and the participation
of the exhibitors. Special thanks to the Mount Diablo State Park Service for
their assistance.
Mt. Diablo:
Surveys & Celebrations - June 1 to July 28, 2001 Museum of the San Ramon Valley, Danville,
CA click here.
To read an article by Keith Nofield
about the Celebration, click here.
To see photos of the Celebration, click here.
To order a commemorative paperweight of the Sesquicentennial Celebration, click here.
Contributors
Earl and Gara Cross
California
Surveying and Drafting Supply, Inc.
Berntsen
Subsurface Instruments, Inc.
The Museum of the San Ramon Valley
Mr. and Mrs. David Carey
San Joaquin Valley Chapter of California Land Surveyors Association
Kier and Wright-Pleasanton
Granite Construction
Dahls Equipment Rentals
Bob Loves Signs
Crain Enterprises
Douglas & Gwendolyn Potts
Airborne 1 Corporation
Bureau of Land Management, California - Cadastral Section
Bruce Hedquist
Robert Nielson
Paul Saffo
Roger A. Grimsley
Professional Surveyor Magazine
Roger A. Grimsley
Exhibitors
Topcon California
Haselbach Surveying Instruments
United States Geological Survey
Mount Diablo Interpretive Association
National Geodetic Survey
Bay Area Orienteering Group
Bureau of Land Management, California - Cadastral Section
Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
The Museum of the San Ramon Valley
Sesquicentennial
Celebration Committee:
Paul Lamoureaux,
Chairman
Michael Foley
Peter Friedman
John W. Pettley
The Mount Diablo Initial Point is the intersection of the Mount Diablo
Meridian, a true north/south meridian line, and Base, a true east/west
baseline that is the basis for these property boundaries. This point, which
was established on July 18th 1851, by Col. Leander Ransom, General Land
Office Deputy Surveyor and crew, began the transfer of U.S. Public Lands in
the new State into private ownership. For more information about the history
of the Mount Diablo Initial Point, click here.
How to Contact Us
For more information on membership or donations, please write to the Society's
secretary c/o: 5042 Amethyst
Court, San Jose, Calif. 95136-2601
or Email to mailbox@mdshs.org.
To find out more about Mount
Diablo itself, click
here to visit The Mount Diablo Interpretive
Association website.
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