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Top of highest peak in this lot is 1180 (near center) Top of next, (NW.) is 1160 Lowest bottomland (where road strikes bottom) N.E. read 975 At cross-road N.E. it is 970 In sec. 17 at X the well of L. E. Wilcox shows 60 ft. of just yellow clay. No sand or gravel. The next well north (in N 1/2 sec) went 80 ft. with same result. Top of highest part of ridge between - is 120 ft above bottom at school. Mr. Wilcox says there are no gravel pits this side of Sargents Bluff. [[end page]] [[start page]] 67 Reading at top of highest bluff S. of Floyd monument = 1060 Bottom (nearly on level with RR) = 930 Base of Floyd monument (on cement base) 1010. ft. Shaft built of sandstone blocks. Corner stone of shaft on N.E. corner, on S. side this bears inscription cut into stone: H. M. Chittenden Captain Corps of Engineers. U.S.A. Engineer and architect On N. side it reads: August 20. A.D. 1900 Madison B. Davis. Commander. Department of Iowa. Grand Army of the Republic [[line]] Bronze plates are on E., S. & W. sides. The east one reads: In commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase made during the Administration of Thomas Jefferson Third President of the United States [[underline]] April 30 1803 [[/underline]]- of its successful exploration by the heroic members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of the Valor of the American Soldier (see next page)