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Oklahoma / Texas Boundary Dispute

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(@dandaman)
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http://www.npr.org/2016/06/08/481206868/landowners-and-federal-officials-dispute-red-rivers-boundaries

Apparantly the mean water line is no longer the border along the Red River....?

NPR did a small piece (audio, no text) where they interviewed a Texas rancher whose land is now in Oklahoma, and therefore not his anymore. There are ties to the BLM and rights of Native Americans.

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 7:23 am
(@mightymoe)
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It will all even out, no doubt they are giving up just as much as they are taking,,,,,:whistle:

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 7:43 am
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MightyMoe, post: 376407, member: 700 wrote: It will all even out, no doubt they are giving up just as much as they are taking,,,,,:whistle:

That made me COL(Chuckle Out Loud) 😀

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 9:53 am
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DandaMan, post: 376405, member: 11506 wrote: they interviewed a Texas rancher whose land is now in Oklahoma

There is a "kids moving from special education to gifted program" joke here somewhere. 😀

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 10:26 am
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Do you happen to know what county this case is located in?

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 10:34 am
(@a-harris)
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[USER=5453]@kkw_archer[/USER]

Byers, Clay County, Texas

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 12:09 pm
(@stephen-johnson)
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This is the result of the B.L.M. (Bureau of Land Managment) trying to claim land that isn't theirs to claim. They are claiming that as the Red River moved north in certain sections the state line didn't move. But the Gradient boundary moved and that defines the Texas/Oklahoma border.
Basically it amounts to the Federal Government STEALING land.

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 1:56 pm
(@holy-cow)
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Not our Federal Government. Couldn't be. They give things away. Right?

 
Posted : June 9, 2016 3:11 pm