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“Where should we begin?”
It sounds like such a simple question.
However, imagine you’ve traveled back in time, 250 years ago, when the United States was a new-born babe. Long before GPS, aerial photography, or modern surveying equipment, a small group of surveyors stood on the edge of the American frontier with a compass, a chain, and a monumental task:
Measure a nation.
Suddenly those 4 little words, “Where should we begin?,” carries the weight of the world.
The answer would determine how much of America was measured, mapped, sold, and settled. It would influence property ownership across generations and create a survey system that remains in use today.
But who made that decision? And how did it echo through the generations?
It all started with a single point on a riverbank that most people have never heard of…
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