RENDEZVOUS 2011Presented By:

Surveyors Historical SocietyCo-sponsors:

Northeast Chapter of Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors “KAPS” & Southwestern Chapter of Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio “PLSO”

Pioneer Surveyors of 1770s in the Ohio Valley & Kentucky Frontier,The Indian Nation andThe Ohio Erie Canal

September 14-17Shawnee Resort and Conference Center

P.O. Box 189, Friendship, Ohio 45630(740) 858-6621 Telephone, (740) 858-4766 Fax

www.shawneelodgeresort.com

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday14 15 16 17

Surveyors Historical Society National Rendezvous Preliminary Program September 14-17, 2011

Wednesday, September 14 Time to be Determined Board of Directors meeting Time to be Determined Welcome Weary Travelers Reception on Terrace back of the lodge Sponsored by: T.B.A. Thursday, September 15 7:45 – 8:00 a.m. Welcome:

Park Manager, The City of Portsmouth Mayor Scioto County Commission

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Presentation: B.R. Salyer Attorney at Law, Local Historian on Pioneer

Surveyors, Pioneer Surveyors and Surveying in the Ohio Valley, 1773-1800 Part 1

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Break 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Resume: Pioneer surveyor – Part 2 2.5 PDHs 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 – 12:00 p.m. Presentation: The Indian Nation, their reaction to surveyors and the hardship

from the large invasion of white settlers from the east. Presented by: The Great Chief Cornstalk of The Shawnee Nation.

1.5 PDHs 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Presentation: Dwight Cropper, Eastern Kentucky University graduate and

certified Archeologist, “The Mound Builders” Prehistoric Indians in the Ohio Valley - 1.5 PDHs

2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Field Trip: Indian Fort and Mound in South Portsmouth, Kentucky 1 P.D.H.’s 5:00 – Late Cook-out and Swap Meet: on the Terrace on the back of the lodge. Reception sponsored by: T.B.A.

Friday, September 16 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Presentation: The creation of the Virginia Military Districts in the Ohio and

Kentucky Territory for Virginia Military Veterans. Presenter Gary Nichols P.S., Local Historian of the Virginia Military District in Southern & Central Ohio. – Part 1

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Break 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Resume: The creation of the Virginia Military Districts in the Ohio and

Kentucky Territory for Virginia Military Veterans. – Part 2 2.5 PDHs 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 – 12:00 a.m. Presentation: Ohio Erie Canal;

Surveying and Specifications Construction and Obstacles Economic Impact of the Area. – Part 1

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Resume: Ohio Erie Canal Life & Times On Board A Packet Boat 1863 By: Captain John B. Reynolds a.k.a. Chris Hart – Part 2 2.5 PDHs 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Field Trip: Existing Locks and Old Canal Bed 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Field Trip: Front Street Portsmouth, Ohio, Walking or driving tour of the

Floodwall Murals 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Social Hour – cash bar 7:00 – Late Banquet & Auction

Entertainment: T.B.A. Saturday, September 17 Breakfast on your own Local Association Meetings KAPS – T.B.A. PLSO – T.B.A.

Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous ‘11 

 

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