also i just noticed this month that there is a bit of transcolorado
arizona near cibola south of ehrenberg
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> The current AZCA boundary has been reduced to a series of stepped
surveyed lines
> across a former Colorado River meander about four miles in
diameter called "The
> Island" at the mouth(s) of the Gila River. This was done in 1960
as the only
> practical solution because it was impossible to determine the
location of the
> main channel of the Colorado river as of 1850.
>
> There is a long and fascinating discussion of the historic
boundaries in the
> Yuma area beginning at message 12573 and ending at message 12636.
Look for
> those messages entitled "mxn trip."
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "deutsche_kilr" <deutsche_kilr@y...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 10:51 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Arizona West of the Colorado River
>
>
> >
> >
> > I have now looked at Yahoo maps and mapquest and they both showed
> > the same thing... part of Arizona near Yuma is west of the
Colorado
> > River.
> >
> > Here is a map:
> >
> > http://www.desertusa.com/web_cart/images/sample.gif
> >
> > If anyone has any information, history, or stories to share I
would
> > really appreciate it. Pictures would be cool also. Are there
any
> > other parts of Arizona west of the Colorado? Are there any
parts of
> > California east of the Colorado?
> >
> > Please reply.
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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