Posted on 11/12/2017 12:17:02 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Did Jeff Sessions wake up from his nap to weigh in on this? You know since he’s been oh so busy busting up the marijuana rings and all
I believe there have been several suits along the Rio Grande.
I own some of that land in question
The feds can kiss my rosy red butt
Well, under the Louisiana Purchase, all of the Red River valley should have belonged to the US since the Red River flows into the Mississippi River, but the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 made the Red River the border between the US and Spanish territory (soon to be Mexican territory), which is where the current Texas/Oklahoma border on the Red River comes from. So John Quincy Adams deserves some of the credit or blame.
Again, thanks and I are smarter now. lol.... And, John Quincy Adams was an amazing person.
OK, but this seems to contradict a Supreme Court ruling from about 20 years ago.
The boundary between Kentucky and Indiana is the north shore of the Ohio River and Kentucky sued to stop an Indiana nuclear power plant’s discharge into the Ohio River. The Supreme Court ruled that the boundary is the 1792 boundary when Kentucky became the 15th state, not the current shore of the river, which is a little farther north.
South of Evansville, there is land north of the Ohio River which is part of Kentucky.
The issue of the boundaries are determined by old treaties and by agreements by the States of Texas and Oklahoma.
NOT by the BLM. This dispute was an attempt for the BLM to confiscate property outside their authority.
There is no standard method of determining borders of states within the US. Remember, Texas was once a Republic. Treaties were signed defining borders after the Revolution with Mexico and at the time of annexation with the U.S.
Texas and Oklahoma worked out their disputed boundary.
The court ruled that the BLM made a mistake in their involvement. i.e. had no authority to confiscate Texas or Oklahoma land.
I remember Burkburnett and Vernon/Waurika too. I was stationed at Sheppard AFB and bought a 1969 Chevelle Malibu from Mathis Chevrolet in Burkburnett, Nov of 69. I still own that car! Fathom Green 2dr hard top, 350/300 hp, 350THD trany, bucket seats, AM/FM w/8track stereo. It's up on jacks and covered in my garage right now, waiting for the 2018 car show season.
I still remember the first time I saw it at the dealership. I knew I'd always own that car & never sell it! 48 years tomorrow, 13 Nov 69.
I bought a midnight blue Malibu SS when the brand first came out, late 1963. Paid $3290 sticker. Not long after I bought it, a flywheel bolt came out. Every now and then, the flywheel teeth would pick up the bolt a give it spin around the housing, sounding like a machine gun.
Eventually, after beating on the housing for a few months, the bolt blew a little hole in the housing and egressed.
I loved that car. First brand-new one I ever bought.
OK, if the river moved 2 miles and the BLM wanted to take the TX side land, who lost their land on the other side of the river?
I loved that car. "
My Malibu was the first brand-new car I had bought.
My wife thinks I'm going request to be buried in that Malibu........Hmmmmm.....Naw!
LOL
Thanks for understanding.
The difference between TX and OK?
Not much. Name and color of football teams? smile. (I am not a sports fan of any type)
We lived in OK for 7 years. Friendliest people in the world. We loved it there.
I’m glad some judges remain who know how to adjuducate property rights regarding land survey.
I bump into young PLSs who don’t even recognize, possibly even know about Section Markers.
I didn't know that, but I see it on the Google Map.
Also, there's a little portion of Kentucky in the extreme southwestern corner which is only accessible by passing through another state, TN or MO.
Also I see on the map there's a little bit of Kentucky that's actually WEST of the Mississippi River. I didn't know that either.
All along the Mississippi there are bits of land that are separated from the rest of their state by the river, because of the river changing course since the state boundaries were set.
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