My good friend, Norman Brown, expounding on the correct procedures to perform a Polaris (north star) observation (circa 1820). I was able to visit with Norman quite a bit at our surveyors rendevous (our job was baking the biscuits...in a dutch oven) and, as always, I learn something new. Such as...How "Popeye" got his name....
The beard is real...he has not shaved since 1962! Norman is one of the premier historians of the original General Land Office surveys in Missouri. He served as the Chief of Field Surveys at the Missouri Land Survey for many years and has instructed a whole gaggle of young surveyors the fine art of surveying with compass and chain!!
Looks like an interesting man. The beard is cool.
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He certainly is Brother Davy!
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