A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
7. Surveying Ellicott's Line, 1799
31st parallel
Using a 67-foot-long surveyor's chain, U.S. Surveyor General Andrew Ellicott led a team to survey and establish the U.S.
southern boundary with Spanish West Florida. This line remains the boundary between Alabama and Florida, except in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
Return to Bronze Map main page
|
|
Updated: April 18, 2008 http://www.archives.alabama.gov/map/7.html |  |
