One U. S. Survey party built the stone house at Eagle Point, along side of which now stands the bronze monument making the commencement of the landline. This party also slashed a base line up the Bear Valley and erected a monument about a mile above Glacier Creek, marking the intersection of the 56^{th Parallel. This monument consisted of a mound of stone surrounded by a ring of large boulders, and it looked like a burial place more than anything else. This was taken advantage of, when an old timer, accompanied by a young fellow on his first trip, stopped at the monument and, taking off his hat, reverently bowed his head and started mumbling. His actions were quickly followed by his young companion, who, when finished, raised his head, and awed in a whisper, “Who’s buried here?” and was disgusted to find that he had wasted a perfectly good prayer on the 56th parallel.}

^{Owing to the belief that the slash line was the Boundary line, the land west of it was deemed to be in U. S. territory, also the west fork of the Bear River, which was therefore called American Creek, but as considerable doubt as to the ownership of the territory, the first mineral claims located to the west of the line were staked and recorded under Alaska and British Columbia mining laws.}