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Historical
Marker TextNortheast
Corner of TexasEstablished
by law in 1850 as intersection of 100-degree longitude and 36-degree, 30' latitude,
this point remained in dispute 79 years.
Of some nine surveys made to
locate corner on ground, almost none coincided. Even so, three blocks were annexed
to Texas from Oklahoma (1903, 1929) - to confusion of landowners. One man claimed
he went to bed in Oklahoma
and awoke in Texas.
In 1929 U.S. Supreme
Court had a final survey run. Some people with land formerly in Oklahoma
could not afford to repurchase it in Texas, but exact
site of corner was at last determined.
(1970) |
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