Carmak Stone

This is the latest Carmak stone in Dade County (or is it?), set in place in 2011, to mark the boundary of Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. The marker placed before that strangely disappeared. The first survey was done in 1814 by James Camak for Georgia and James Gaines for Tennessee. They got it wrong. Due to the limitations of surveying in those times, the true point should be about a mile north in the Tennessee River. Another survey was done in 1826 and they were wrong again. The story of this border dispute is far to complex to be explained here. However, there is another chapter to errant surveys on top of Hightower Bald in Townes County where the border between North Carolina and Georgia is about 661 yards off. Again, that story is too involved to tell. I suggest you look up both on the web. By the way if this marker were in the river, Georgia could draw all the water it needs. Atlanta will have to remain thirsty.
Mike Maffett