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The American Meridian running through the Old U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. (10/15/2021 photos by author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laurie Pearce Price, PLS lives in Modoc County, California. She is a Nevada land and water right surveyor and co-owner of Black Rock
Resource Services LLC. Laurie recently started her own company, Original Footsteps Surveying.

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