- TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
The Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas has proposed a free-for-all brawl between the Senates of the two states over the lost land
Mar 13, 2005 @ 01:30 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
I have an article with several links on my americasroof blog on this: http://americasroof.com/wp/archives/2005/03/13/new-mexico-sues-texas/ The upshot is that
Mar 14, 2005 @ 03:40 - Roger_Rowlett ("Roger_Rowlett" <roger.rowlett@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
By even considering any suit on this issue, New Mexico is engaging in a total waste of time, money, and breath. The reasons go far beyond the doctrine that
Mar 14, 2005 @ 04:31 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- nmtx laffs & a serious question about high points
thanx roger & thats a great site you have there too i would only add about nmoktx that it is indeed much closer to the 103rd meridian than txnw is & may well
Mar 14, 2005 @ 16:15 - aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
- RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
The reason nmtx then turns east at the northern line of tx for three miles until it reaches the ok n/s line is that north of tx, the 103rd meridian is the ok
Mar 14, 2005 @ 17:11 - Flynn, Kevin ("Flynn, Kevin" <flynnk@...>)
- Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
Kevin: The Oklahoma panhandle is more or less the 103rd meredian (although the tristate marker is off by a few feet as Altheia noted). The photos on my page
Mar 14, 2005 @ 17:50 - Roger_Rowlett ("Roger_Rowlett" <roger.rowlett@...>)
- Re: nmtx laffs & a serious question about high points
Altheia: Thanks for the nice comments. Anyway several years ago I set up a page on the highest points of Europe based on a version of the CIA Factbook and
Mar 14, 2005 @ 18:01 - Roger_Rowlett ("Roger_Rowlett" <roger.rowlett@...>)
- Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
Sorry for the correction, I meant to say there is benchmark further east of the tristate marker and closer to the meridian. ... the ... interesting ... this
Mar 14, 2005 @ 18:04 - Roger_Rowlett ("Roger_Rowlett" <roger.rowlett@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
Yes. NMTX is 103° as surveyed by Clark in 1859, and NMOK is the Cimarron Meridian (nominally103°, but still imperfect) as surveyed by Chaney and Smith of
Mar 14, 2005 @ 18:19 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
- Re: TX proposes "free-for-all brawl" with NM over land
yes right roger & there are indeed several more of the same style due north of the tristate marker along the nmok state line & yes this nmoktx marker & other
Mar 14, 2005 @ 21:12 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: nmtx laffs & a serious question about high points
thanx this goes a good ways toward the desired end since i think we can safely rule europe out entirely at least based on your data here & perhaps you could
Mar 14, 2005 @ 21:26 - aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)