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| "Four Corners"...isn't | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 22 2009, 12:07 PM (208 Views) | |
| George K | Apr 22 2009, 12:07 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327372/ SALT LAKE CITY - Tourists who think they're putting a hand or foot in each of four U.S. states at the Four Corners area are apparently missing the mark — by about 2.5 miles. National Geodetic Survey officials say the Four Corners marker showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) west of where it should be, the Deseret News reported. The only place in the United States where four state boundaries come together was first surveyed by the government in 1868 during the initial survey of Colorado's southern boundary. The survey was inaccurate. |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 22 2009, 12:11 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Ooopsy. |
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| Kincaid | Apr 22 2009, 12:18 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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All this time? lol |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 22 2009, 12:34 PM Post #4 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Cool! That means Arizona gets more land from New Mexico!
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| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| big al | Apr 22 2009, 12:51 PM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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That's bizarre. I'd like to see a corroboration of that story. Surveying was a pretty exact technology even in 1868. I can't believe they missed by miles. Perhaps someone elected to build the monument at a more accessible location. Or maybe that news release was dated April 1. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| The 89th Key | Apr 22 2009, 12:54 PM Post #6 |
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I checked GoogleMaps and it seems to be correct (the 4-corners monument) but I guess Google isn't aaaaaaalways perfect. Or is it? |
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| Dewey | Apr 22 2009, 01:06 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What Al said. That's a pretty big error, even by 1868 standards. |
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| Frank_W | Apr 22 2009, 03:16 PM Post #8 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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The New York/Pennsylvania border is messed-up, too. There are tracts of land that are in Pennsylvania, but registered in New York. |
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| Copper | Apr 22 2009, 03:50 PM Post #9 |
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Shortstop
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jT9oY9UtJNvdgL5lgLpLqctOZBcQD97NO9N00
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