12 The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 45, No. 5 This shows a comparison of Campbell’s “calls” from the “top of hill” to the “top of point” on both a 7 1/2-minute quad sheet and a LiDAR image from the Oregon Department of Geology and Minerals website. Ridges and streams, etc. may exist, but are not visible on the quad. On the LiDAR image, the size and shape of the “top of point” is easily seen, as well as the “begin to descend” and “foot of descent.” Featured Article On September 21, 2021, my son Jeff and I returned to the “ridgetop” and were shocked to see that the Lionshead Fire of 2020 had actually burned through that area! Leaving the ridgetop, we dropped over the edge, headed east, and were soon at the southern 1891 BT at the quarter corner. As I stood there by the 2019 rock, gazing at the destruction, something caught my eye. About 10 feet down the hillside was a broken stone. The sun was at a low angle and was just grazing across the face of the stone and I could see marks plainly as they were shadowed. I stumbled down to it and immediately saw the letters SC 1/4 on Campbell’s original 1891 stone that had been cracked open by the heat of the fire. At that point, I recalled the 1837 book Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I thought it would be proper to give this article the same name, since the developing plot was similar to Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” radio programs that many of us older surveyors remember. My particular “tale” of unexpected surprises now has a happy ending. Nathaniel Hawthorne
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