Trying to Draw the Line: The Mexican Boundary Survey, Part 2

December 1, 2007

Last month we began to tell the story of the first boundary survey conducted after the Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This month we will bring it up to the decision to purchase more land from Mexico.

Who was involved in 1850:

John Russell Bartlett: the American representative to the Boundary Commission

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December 1, 2007

It’s pretty amazing the things that go through your mind when you’re looking down the barrel of a gun. Nothing really seems rational. It’s like you know this is the end and you can’t quite accept that so you think of things that are mundane.

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Trying to Draw the Line: The Mexican Boundary Survey, Part 2

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