Two prominent southwestern historians wrote in an introduction of a jointly published book: "Americans are a people peculiarly addicted to celebrating anniversaries." I…
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04.11.2009
A Score of Years
The following column I wrote under the title “In Retrospect” for the July 1998 issue of BENCHMARKS. I made some changes to reflect…
04.11.2009
Robert B. Stephenson As Remembered by Fred Roeder
In the spacious, Southwestern style home he built in 1975 high on the steep west bank of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque I…
04.11.2009
The Davis Quadrant
In the 17th and 18th centuries the principal instrument of the navigator at sea was the Davis quadrant, also known as English quadrant,…
04.11.2009
Surveyor of the Public Domain – A Portrait of William Pelham
William Pelham held office as the first Surveyor General of New Mexico from 1854 until 1860. His tenure has been examined by Victor…
04.11.2009
The Square of Pegasus
The accuracy to which today’s surveyors locate a point on the surface of the globe, and the speed with which precise measurements are…
04.11.2009
Surveyor’s Peak
“Bring me men to match my mountains…” —Sam Foss Somebody once wrote that surveyors are remembered only by “the monuments which they…
04.11.2009
Obituary for Bob Stephenson
Good Afternoon, My name is Fred Roeder. I am a retired surveyor and I live in Tularosa. There is an expression in surveying…
04.11.2009
The New Mexico Notch
In writing about the boundaries of our state in previous columns I concerned myself primarily with the surveys, which put these lines on…
04.11.2009
A Surveyor's Mythology
A Surveyor’s Mythology I claim the stars high in your heaven, Zeus. Cassiopeia’s chair, Orion’s faithful hound. Arcturus, Leda’s twins, and Betelgeuse, Are…
