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The location of New Mexico’s west boundary is based on the geographic coordinates of Ship Rock established by the Wheeler survey of 1874….

For many years there circulated amongst surveyors a copy of a letter, probably apocryphal, in which an attorney traces the title of a…

In the 17th and 18th centuries the principal instrument of the navigator at sea was the Davis quadrant, also known as English quadrant,…

William Pelham held office as the first Surveyor General of New Mexico from 1854 until 1860. His tenure has been examined by Victor…

Good Afternoon, My name is Fred Roeder. I am a retired surveyor and I live in Tularosa.  There is an expression in surveying…

In writing about the boundaries of our state in previous columns I concerned myself primarily with the surveys, which put these lines on…

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…

Where the Great River of the North has cut through the narrow between the Franklin Mountains of Texas and New Mexico’s Sierra de…

The Historical Society of New Mexico was founded by a group of New Mexico citizens in Santa Fe on December 26, 1859. At…

The name Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco is better known amongst art historians than amongst surveyors. As an 18th century Santa Fe artist,…