[Fwd: [ILQSO] Re: 'Wet' County Lines]

[Hank Greeb]

It appears to me that one could drive to within a hundred feet or so of
the Cass, Mason, and Menard county lines.  I looked at it as close as I
could under the US Census Bureau's Tiger Maps:

http://tinyurl.com/uuyy2

One can zoom out to see where this secondary road meets the highway. the 
"road" runs off Illinois 97 in "downtown" Oakford (population 493 in 1990).

One would have to do a visual survey of the place to see if it's a
swamp, or  usable land.  There's a creek (more likely the former river
bed) very near the location marked on the map.  One would need a 
different kind of map, or a visual survey to see if the road is paved, 
gravel, or plane olde mud.

73 de n8xx Hg

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[ILQSO] Re: 'Wet' County Lines
Date: 	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:18:05 -0500
From: 	dpease at adams.net
Reply-To: 	Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
To: 	Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>



I noticed that while looking at a map for this year and wondered if my 
map was correct or not.  It also appears there are no roads to that 
corner, so it may take a bit of work to set up there.

Danny


David Cripe writes:

> For those hesitant about operating 'wet' county lines, take a CLOSE look via
> Google Earth, or other mapping software.  One spot I had considered this
> year was the intersection of Cass, Mason and Menard.  The river that once
> defined the county line has been straightened over the years, and the actual
> 3-county spot is now dry land! 
> 
> 73 - AI9E 
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Danny Pease
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