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Topic	What the FUCK goes on here
Giacomo_Hawkins 11/04/23 11:03:49 AM #18:	Mearcstapa posted... Yeah, both the OK/NM and TX/NM borders should align on the 103rd Meridian, but the Texas border was surveyed decades earlier, and some faulty techniques led to the border being placed ~2 miles west of where it should have been. It's basically "Surveying error in your favor. Collect 700 square miles!" for Texas The surveying error was known, and Texas politicians influenced congress to accept the erroneous border. --- Will the little voice in the back of my mind screaming "This is a bad idea" please yield the floor. --Mikey Chivalry be hanged, and so will you. <cite>Giacomo_Hawkins posted [p:977027449] in What the F... [t:80610944]...</cite> <quote>Mearcstapa posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, both the OK/NM and TX/NM borders should align on the 103rd Meridian, but the Texas border was surveyed decades earlier, and some faulty techniques led to the border being placed ~2 miles west of where it should have been.It's basically "Surveying error in your favor. Collect 700 square miles!" for Texas</quote>The surveying error was known, and Texas politicians influenced congress to accept the erroneous border. --- Will the little voice in the back of my mind screaming "This is a bad idea" please yield the floor. --MikeyChivalry be hanged, and so will you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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