21 November, 1991

East Liverpool North quadrangle, OH-PA-WV

I arrived in the area around 2pm. At the side of the highway, there was a cairn and two state historical markers (Ohio, Pennsylvania) for the original "Geographers' line" for the US Public Land Survey. However, the signs said that the actual point of beginning was located 1112 feet south of the highway, with the original marker lost. The bank of the Ohio River looked less than 1000 feet away.

There was an industrial plant along the north bank of the Ohio, which appeared to cut across the state line, with lots of "No Trespassing" signs, so I more-or-less gave up on actually getting to the shore adjacent to the TriState point. By back-up plan was to try to get a photography that included the point. I went up the hill across the road to try to photograph the shore over the buildings, and took a few pictures. When I got back to my car, however, a guy in a pick-up truck asked me what I was doing, said he was a security guard, and claimed that the hillside north of the highway (where I had just walked) was also private land owned by the plant. But he was pretty friendly, so I explained my project, and asked about getting in to the plant. He said I should go to the office and ask for "Mark Pease". So, I went there, and asked. The secretary was away for quite a while, and then a guy introduced himself as "Sandy". I explained my objectives again, and he offfered to take me to the shore where the Ohio-Pennsylvania border hit the shoreline, as long as I did not photograph the plant itself. He showed me a yellow spot painted on the wall of one warehouse, saying that it marked the state line. He let me take photographs of the shore and the river, and one back into the plant, and gave me a company baseball cap! The actual Tri-State point is presumably out in the Ohio River, but quite near the north bank.