Where in Elk County Am I?

[frawin]

I am sure it hasn't been moved. I was just looking at an old map of the Section 12s in the area and I thought Star was pretty close to the Sec 12 West of Moline. Back to my old notes, Maps and file.

[frawin]

Dan, the most notable Section 12 in the area is where the Quarry is. I just can't put the Wilson's and Sallees in that one.

[flintauqua]

Dan's having way too much fun with this one.  He suggested the target, I came up with the first clue (after throwing it past him first), he pms me back with clues 2 and 3, then in the meantime he creates a whole new clue 2.

Keep going Frank.  I might even post clue 3 (the original clue 2) later this evening.

[frawin]

Charles, I know there were several Oil and Gas wells drilled in the West Sec 12, but I don't have anything significant about them. I look forward to your next clue. I have spent a lot of time at the Kansas Historical Society scanning old newspapers  doing Genealogy, in the future I will  look for other news items to copy as well.

[flintauqua]

Clue #3

Towering high over 40 years
Near a withering star.
Head west southwest
And there you are.

[ddurbin]

For starters today, in honor of one of the players, I'll modify clue #3 a bit, then provide #4

Towering high over 40 years
Near Frank's withering Star.
Go 3/4+ west southwest
And there you are.

#4
To pinpoint this location
Start from the opposite corner
Go one half north
Then east one quarter
Then just a bit more
Along the border.

I did receive a call yesterday afternoon from a forum lurker, correctly identifying this target after just the first 2 clues.  They said to "play on" so I won't reveal their name till later.

[flintauqua]

Dan! Dan! Dan! 

Why pm me with the clues, if you're just going to make up new ones. 

The original #3

No public road will get you there
Of cows and calves you best beware
Try acme mapper's highest degrees
Near the middle will I be
A rectangle along a row of trees
I was on a map in 1903

I believe the "lurker" is the present owner of the land.

[frawin]

Charles and Dan, I didn't get to work on this last night but did early this A.M.. I see Star School in the NW Corner of Sec 7 and the Rural Water Tower/Storage in the Middle of 11, but I am not seeing anything else that I can tie to the clues. Back to the drawing board.

[greatguns]

Could it be the Border School.

[flintauqua]

Previous Clues:

You won't find me on a list,
but Wilsons and Sallees insist.
No topo says I exist,
Brother Dan's help I will enlist.

Of all the places I could be
Let me narrow the selection.
From one to thirty-six
I'm in a #12 section.

(Star Schoolhouse is not in a #12 section, but is within a mile of the target)

Towering high over 40 years   
Near a withering star.
Head west southwest
And there you are.

Modified to:

Towering high over 40 years
Near Frank's withering Star.
Go 3/4+ west southwest
And there you are.

(There is an old microwave tower to the NW of Star Schoolhouse)

To pinpoint this location
Start from the opposite corner
Go one half north
Then east one quarter
Then just a bit more
Along the border.

No public road will get you there
Of cows and calves you best beware
Try acme mapper's highest degrees
Near the middle will I be
A rectangle along a row of trees
I was on a map in 1903

Dan and I have run out of clever, rhyming clues so here's the final one:

To find me very interesting
You'd have to study genealogy
I'm a very old, long-forgotten
Low-maintained unnamed cemetery