|
instanceOf
|
boundary marker
→
historic site
→
landmark
→
|
|
access
|
public
→
|
|
category
|
Colonial-era boundary markers in the United States
→
Historic sites in West Virginia
→
Potomac River watershed
→
|
|
coordinateSystem
|
boundary between Maryland and West Virginia
→
|
|
country
|
United States
→
|
|
county
|
Grant County, West Virginia
→
|
|
dateOfEstablishment
|
1746
→
|
|
defines
|
headwaters of the Potomac River (traditional)
→
|
|
denotes
|
traditional source of the North Branch Potomac River
→
|
|
elevation
|
approximately 2,700 feet above sea level
→
|
|
function
|
boundary marker
→
survey reference point
→
|
|
governingBody
|
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
→
|
|
hasNearbySettlement
|
Bayard, West Virginia
→
Thomas, West Virginia
→
|
|
heritageDesignation
|
West Virginia state historic site
→
|
|
historicalRole
|
defined limits of the Northern Neck Proprietary land grant
→
defined western boundary of colonial Maryland (disputed)
→
|
|
inception
|
1746
→
|
|
inscriptionLanguage
|
English
→
|
|
locatedIn
|
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
→
United States
→
West Virginia
→
|
|
locatedInProtectedArea
|
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
→
|
|
locatedOnWatercourse
|
North Branch Potomac River
→
|
|
markerType
|
inscribed stone monument
→
|
|
material
|
sandstone
→
|
|
namedAfter
|
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
→
|
|
nearBorder
|
Maryland–West Virginia state line
→
|
|
owner
|
State of West Virginia
→
|
|
partOf
|
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
→
|
|
placedBy
|
surveyors for Lord Fairfax
→
|
|
region
|
Appalachian Mountains
→
|
|
replacedBy
|
later boundary survey markers
→
|
|
riverBasin
|
Chesapeake Bay watershed
→
|
|
significance
|
early example of colonial boundary surveying in North America
→
reference point in legal disputes over Maryland–Virginia–West Virginia boundaries
→
|
|
startPointOf
|
Fairfax Line
→
Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
→
former Maryland–Virginia boundary
→
|
|
state
|
West Virginia
→
|
|
touristAttraction
|
yes
→
|