A page over that the fun Geocaching site (great
concept -- we border freaks should leave little treasures at tri-points for
other border freaks) revealed a nice selection of USMX border markers -- and
others.
There are some of USMX #255 -- very odd, as
there is a big fence and you see only the top. Not at all like the #255 in
Victor's photos #1 and #3. Could it be the top of the jumbo maker in photo
#2?
Cheers!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:09
AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: USMX - The
elusive marker #255
this mon 255 is quite interesting & unusual
in that
it was deliberately misplaced
& i believe few others like it will be
found anywhere
so congrats are in order for finding such a
rarity
but the other type you mention is quite common
it is
called an indirect marking under some circumstances
usually when occurring
in pairs or series
as is often done in europe & on the wet parts of
caus
& is called a witness monument under other
circumstances
usually when there is only one of a kind
as is more common
within the usa
but i wonder if anyone can point to any mates at all for
mon 255
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Victor Cantore
<drpotatoes@y...>
wrote:
> ugggh it took me a long time to
finally locate this
> marker and the reason for that is that its not on
the
> border at all but about 50 meters in US territory.
> It's at
the San Ysidro Port of Entry (SYPOE) here in
> san diego.
>
> My guess to why it's not on the actual border itself
> is due
to expansion at sypoe it had to be moved since
> at one point it was on
the line. Also looks like it
> isn't the original judging from the post
card
> attachement either.
>
> it's placed directly at the
end of the trolley tracks
> but surprising easy to just walk past and
miss. and
> someone obviously took offense to the marker's
claims
> that it marks the limit of mexican territory.
>
>
There's another similar marker in Baarle, in that it
> doesn't sit
exactly on the line but rather denotes the
> location nearby of an
international boundary. I wonder
> how many of those there are in the
world my hunch is
> that it is more common than i'd like to
think.
>
> vc
>
>
>
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