WESTERN DIVISION. 
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TEXAS-JjOITISIANA. 
PRIMARY TRAVERSE. 
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BOWIE, CASS, FANNIN, GREGG, HARRISON, LAMAR, MARION, RED 
RIVER, TITUS, AND UPSHUR COUNTIES, TEX.; CADDO PARISH, LA. 
CLARKSVILLE, GILMER, JEFFERSON, MOUNT PLEASANT, MOUNT VERNON, PARIS, SHAW- 
NEETOWN, AND TEXARKANA. 
An area of about 5,000 square miles in the northeastern part of 
Texas was controlled during the winter and spring of 1904-5 by 
Sledge Tatum, topographer, who ran a primary-traverse line 597 
miles in length. The line started from a point at Texarkana pre- 
viously located by primary traverse and was run approximately along 
parallels and meridians bordering 30-minute quadrangles, and was tied 
to triangulation station Goodland, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. 
Positions are given on the Un'ted States standard datum. 
CLARKSVILLE QUADRANGLE (RED RIVER AND LAUREL COUNTIES, TEX.). 
Geographic positions along Texas and Pacific Railway between Clarksville and Paris. 
Station. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Clarksville, street crossing at west end of station 
Milepost 63 
Milepost64, 50 feet north of center of track, iron post stamped "Prim. 
Trav. Sta. No. 11 " 
Water tank 
Milepost 67 
Bagwell, 50 feet from center of track, street crossing at west end of 
.station, south of track, east edge of road, iron post stamped " Prim. 
Trav. Sta. No. 27" 
Road crossing 
Milepost 70 
Road crossing, 50 feet north of center of track, east edge of road, iron 
post stamped "Prim. Trav. Sta. No. — " 
Schoolhouse, road crossing at 
Milepost 73 
Detroit station, at road crossing, east end of,i ron post stamped " Prim. 
Trav. Sta. No. 50 " 
Milepost 75 
Milepost 76, 50 feet south of track, iron post stamped "Prim. Trav. 
Sta. No. 57 " 
Milepost 77 
Road crossing, 50 feet north of center of track, west of road, iron post 
stamped "Prim. Trav. Sta. No. 65" 
Road crossing 
Road crossing 
Blossom station, iron post 300 feet east of, stamped " Prim. Trav. Sta. 
No. 72 " 
Milepost 82, road crossing 
Milepost 83 
Road crossing 
M ilepost 85 
Reno flag station, road crossing, 50 feet from center of track, north 
edge of right of wav, east edge of road, iron post stamped " Prim. 
Trav. Sta. No. 90 "'. 
Road crossing 
Road crossing 
Road crossing 
Water tank, road crossing 
Milepost 90 
Paris, Texas and Pacific Rwy. station 
Paris, crossing of Texas and Pacific Rwy. and St. Louis and San Fran- 
cisco R. R 
39 
00.9 
54.3 
23.8 
58.9 
28.3 
45.6 
49.4 
48.1 
33 39 46.6 
33 39 48.4 
33 39 50.0 
39 38.9 
36.1 
34.6 
31.4 
33.0 
37.0 
39.0 
36.8 
34.7 
33.0 
30.6 
33 39 30.1 
33 39 26.5 
33 39 10.9 
33 38 56.6 
33 38 49.2 
33 38 56.9 
33 39 01.7 
33 
55. S 
95 
08.4 
58.3 
50.8 
55.4 
36.9 
95 09 40.9 
95 11 04.6 
95 11 42.1 
40.4 
09.6 
47.2 
57.2 
53.0 
95 17 55.2 
95 18 57.1 
95 20 13. 1 
95 21 43.2 
95 22 32.5 
95 23 00.6 
95 24 10.0 
95 25 12.2 
95 26 03.4 
95 27 14.8 
45. 5 
38.7 
27.5 
12.4 
58. '-' 
17.7 
24.4 
95 34 07.3 
