This is the kind of item that gets a professional surveyor excited.
The DNR's Matt Dontz found this original cedar survey post in a stream near Atlanta, in Montmorency County recently. The General Land Office of the U.S. government did the survey of Michigan's townships in 1850. The post was set to mark a section, or quarter corner and were driven into the ground each half-mile. It was preserved by the water, Forestry and Surveying experts agree the find is extremely rare, even with today's GPS technology.
Sometimes, in the heat of a political campaign, the best mud slinging happens not in the debates but on billboards dotting America's highways. The example above, plus four other creative examples come to us courtesy of blogger Dustin Stockton's "Don't Tread on Me" blog. And for a nod to those anti-Romney voters, check this billboard out HERE.
