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Photographer: Michael Kindig
Taken: Boundary o
Caption: Boundary Marker Number 258 (1894)
Additional Description: NORTH FACE “Boundary of the United States. The destruction or displacement of this monument is a misdemeanor punishable in the United States or Mexico.”

WEST FACE “Initial point of Boundary between the United States and Mexico. Established by a joint commission on October A.D. 1848 agreeable to the Treaty dated at the City of Guadalupe-Hildago February 2 A.D. 1851. John B Weller U.S. Commissioner, Andrew B. Gray, U.S. Surveyor.”

EAST FACE “Reconstructed August 1894 by the International Boundary Commission operated by the conventions of 1882 and 1889.”
Submitted: January 13, 2012, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p189027
File Size: 1.133 Megabytes

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