great border shot

Dallen, you're right, that is a great shot. I've crossed over several times in the vicinity of the "big tree"...if memory serves me, there's a boundary marker in that immediate vicinity that references the Gadsden Treaty, etc. (which I'd guess isn't all that unusual). As we talked of before, the proximity of the US customs building to the line is unusual...they certainly didn't waste any real estate! One can literally wipe their shoes in one country and step inside the building into another country. I'm curious as to how construction easements, etc. were worked out in conjunction with construction of that building.

Bill

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From: Dallen Timothy

To: 'BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com'

Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM

Subject: [BoundaryPoint] great border shot

Here's another picture--an elevated shot of the twin towns of Nogales, Arizona, USA and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. It's very easy to see the location of the border. It is the fence along which the cars are parked--the tree in the bottom right overlaps the border, and the US immigration and customs building in the center of the picture is right up against the border (actually six inches inside the border at this point).

Enjoy

Dallen