Historical Markers in Edisto Island, South Carolina

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Historical Markers in Edisto Island, South Carolina

1 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Edisto Island — Bache's Bar of Invariable Length —

In the 1840s, the U.S. Coast Survey finally began the first-ever accurate mapping of our coasts. The agency's superintendent, Professor Alexander D. Bache, great grandson of Benjamin Franklin and West Point roommate of Jefferson Davis, was a . . . — — Map (db m208402) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Edisto Island — How to Measure the World, and Why —

You understand how important safe airports, roads and shipping lanes are today. President Thomas Jefferson understood the same thing in 1807 (except tor the airports!) when he approved a survey of America's coastline to aid in navigation. To . . . — — Map (db m208406) HM

3 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Edisto Island — Markers in the Woods —

Placed here in 1850, this granite monument marks the western end of the Edisto baseline. Its mate still stands 6.68 miles east of this spot. They are among the few surviving end-point monuments of the seven baselines the U.S. Coast Survey measured . . . — — Map (db m208412) HM

4 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Edisto Island — The Struggle for a Long Straight Line —

As you look at the dense maritime forest around you, imagine using only hand tools to clear a swath through that formidable vegetation. That's what faced faced Alexander Bache's assistant, Charles Boutelle, when he arrived at Edisto to prepare the . . . — — Map (db m208407) HM

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