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If I might seek the wisdom of the list on a minor topic:<br><br>
The current Mountain/Central boundary in the most recent official US DOT
description (49CFR71.7,
<a href="http://goo.gl/tqBou" eudora="autourl">http://goo.gl/tqBou</a>),
has the border running right through Fort Pierre South Dakota.<br><br>
Here is the relevant text:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><b><i>From the junction of the
North Dakota-South Dakota boundary with the Missouri River southerly
along the main channel of that river to the crossing of the original
Chicago & North Western Railway near Pierre; thence southwesterly to
the northern boundary of Jones County at the northeast corner of the NE
1, Sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 30 E. [</i></b>note: that's about 44.18635,
-100.54646<b><i>)</i></b></blockquote><br>
That makes a straight line from the railroad bridge north of town to
44.18635, -100.54646, this line not making much sense in the context of
what's on the ground.<br><br>
A second-hand recent conversation with a Stanley County SD official was
relayed to me, including the following:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">...The person with whom I spoke
said the official dividing line is the Bad River, which makes more<br>
sense than bisecting Fort Pierre. ... The communities along
the Bad River are so tiny (several houses each) that they don't have
official policies. The person with whom I spoke assumed they would use
Central Time because aside from Fort Pierre, there's no significant
populated place that's even close.</blockquote><br>
There are several common sense border adjustments I could make here and
probably be more accurate than the DOT (with regards to what a traveler
would encounter in the area). Something like a line from the
southern end of the dam at Lake Oahe southward to the Bad River, then
following the Bad River soutwesterly to the northern border of Jones
County... (and from that point rejoining the DOT description).
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I would prefer to use some authoritative reference - if
possible.<br><br>
Any advice on how to proceed? All I can think of is to try a
reference librarian in Pierre.<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Steve Jones</body>
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