Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian
The Louisiana Purchase State Park, located in eastern Arkansas, commemorates the initial point from which public lands acquired through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase were subsequently surveyed.Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian
- Type: Protected area
- Inscription: “This stone marks the base established Nov. 10, 1815 from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by United States Engineers, the first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812, with land boun”
- Categories: historic site and monument
- Location: Lee, Arkansas, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.64568° or 34° 38′ 45″ northLongitude
-91.05204° or 91° 3′ 7″ westElevation
1,096 feet (334 metres)Open location code
866CJWWX+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 1677675243OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_point
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