SOUTH Hwy 62 (NML) Traditional Cache
TheScarlettReviewer: Since there has been no response to my previous note, I am archiving the cache.
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PARK AND GRAB
JUST A LITTLE WAYS IN TEXAS...
JUST A LITTLE WAYS FROM OKLAHOMA.....
I STARTED TO CALL IT 100 MERIDIAN...
AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT I WAS IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS TIME IN OUR TEXAS/OKLAHOMA HISTORY….THIS WAS THE 2nd NO MAN’S LAND IN OKLAHOMA ( 1ST ROBBERS CAVE) (3RD OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE) FROM THERE THEY SCATTERED (AZ., KA.,NM., CO., WY., MT., & UT WHICH INCLUIDES JACKSON HOLE, WY SOMETIME LATER…
WE HAD SOME SPECIAL HISTORY THAT MOST OF THE STATE DON’T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND… I DOSE NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE ON THE OKLAHOMA SIDE OR THE TEXAS SIDE THERE ARE STILL GREAT STORIES/LESSON… (MAP 1910)
A BIG COMPROMISE…
HOWEVER THE U.S. TOOK MOST OF THE NORTHERN PART OF TEXAS WHEN THEY WERE ADMITTED IN 1945 AND BASICALLY CUT OFF THE TOPS OF LOUISIANA (PART OF THE PURCHASE) AND TEXAS… LEAVING TEXAS WITH A PANHANDLE…. TALK ABOUT WAGGING THE DOG??? THEY ADDED A LOT OF LAND (SEVERIAL MILLION ARCES) TO CONVENCE THE U.S. CITIZENS THAT THEY MADE A GOOD DEAL……
IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT TEXAS ASSUMED THE IT’S BORDER WERE TO REMAIN AS THE SPANISH HAD DRAWN THE TREATY WITH MEXICO…..
[SEE MAP 1820]
THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE WON A LOT MORE LAND THAN JUST TEXAS….
A BIG COMPROMISE…
THIS WAS WHAT WE OWNED BETWEEN 1821-1836 (1836 WAS WHEN TEXAS BECAME A NATION)??? THE US COMPERMISED OUR LANDS BEFORE WE BECAME A STATE???
A BIG COMPROMISE…
THEN THE 49ers (1849) FOUNDS GOLD IN CALAFORINA… WE COMPERMISED AGAIN AND GAVE UP ANOTHER PART OF THE WEST…. JUST THANK L.A. OR SAN FRAN, TEXAS???? (MAP 1850)
THE LAND DISPUTE WAS ABOUT THE NORTHERN BOARDS.. (MAP 1860)
IT APPEARS THAT THE TWO STATES (TX &OK) HAVE TRIED TO INCREASE THERE LAND HOLDINGS…. [SEE MAPS] THIS STARTED WHEN TEXAS BECAME A NATION…. HOWEVER IT DIDN’T GO TO COURT UNTIL OKLAHOMA BECAME A STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOV. WANTED THE LAND FOR INDIAN NATIONS,, ABOUT 1822-1914…. THEN IN 1907 OKLAHOMA BECAME A STATE…. FULLED WITH NATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS….
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A GREER STATE… THAT COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA WAS NAMED AFTER A MAN THAT FOUGHT IN THE TEXAS REVOLT……
OKLAHOMA WANTED PEASE RIVER ESTABLISHED AS THERE SOUTHERN BORDER (WHICH RUNS JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH, TX).. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9806E3DF163AE733A2575BC0A9649D946397D6CF&oref=slogin
SO TEXAS SAID THEY WANTED THE NORTH FORK OF THE RED (JUST NORTH OF SHAMROCK, TX..)…[SEE MAP B]
AS THE FIGHT ESCALATED OKLAHOMA THAN ASK FOR THE 101st (WEST THE OTHER SIDE OF CLAREDON, TX.)…
TEXAS ASK FOR THE 99th (EAST OF MAGNUM, OK)…
THEN OKLAHOMA ASK FOR THE 102nd (WEST OF AMARILLO, TX. THE WEST EDGE OF POTTER COUNTY)…
AND TEXAS ASK FOR THE 98th… (EAST OF ANADARLO, OK)
A BIG COMPROMISE…
OR AS WE TEXANS SAID: “STEALING OF OUR LAND AGAIN.”
IN 1927 IT WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESENT BOUNDARY WAS ESTABLISHED…I’M NOT SURE THAT I’VE GOT IT ALL RIGHT YET,, MAY NEED A LAWYER????
THERE WAS A 3rd COURT MEETING IN 1989 BUT THE BOUNDRY DIDN’T CHANGE…
. { I THINK OKLAHOMA JUST WANTED THE COTTONBOWL AND COWBOYS TO BE ADDED TO OKLAHOMA????} JUST KIDDIN…..
…. I REMEMBER A MENTION OF THE TEXAS DISPUTE IN 7th GRADE TEXAS HISTORY CLASS…
I STARTED MY FIRST CACHE WITH “NO MANS LAND SOUTH” (GC17RYG ) AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT… I DECIDED IT WOULD BE NICE TO SET UP THE SERIES TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE… CHIP AND I HAVE A TOTAL OF 27 ALREADY SET (THERE WILL BE MORE SOUTH) AS MNL (NO MAN’S LAND)
. AS WE DROVE DOWN THE 100th MERIDIAN WE FOUND A TYPE OF BENCH MARK THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE SUPREM COURT IN 1927…
I WILL CONTACT WAYPOINT AND SEE IF WE CAN SET THEM UP TOO???
MY GPS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE PLACED @ 100. 00.024 @ 1 (ONE) MILES APART… THX FOR YOUR HELP…. L8R FREDY
THIS IS MILE 12 FROM THE SOUTHERN CONOR OF PANHANDLE….
THIS IS MILE 13 FROM THE SOUTHERN CONOR OF PANHANDLE….
IN MOST CASES THEY ARE ON PRIVATE LANDS…. JUST VISIT AND POST FOTOS FROM THE ROADS,,,,, GOOD HUNTING….
THIS IS A GREAT FIND
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WHFG NOBHG ORYG OHPXYR UVTU BA ZR.... OHG V'Z GNYY...
WHFG VAVGVNYF CYM..... GUK.....
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