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The border between California and Nevada is fuzzy2024 Aug 28
Applying specific geographic coordinates to specific landform features seems trivial today, what with GPS in our pocket telling us the precise spot we're at. But GPS only goes back a generation, and the border between California and Nevada predates that by a large measure, to a time when meridians and coordinates were a touch trickier to determine. And it mattered, specifically around Tahoe, where mineral rights were being bought and sold at a furious pitch. While this dispute has mostly petered out by today, this petering is remarkably recent, with gunfights and legal disputes continuing up into modern times.
Applying specific geographic coordinates to specific landform features seems trivial today, what with GPS in our pocket telling us the precise spot we're at. But GPS only goes back a generation, and the border between California and Nevada predates that by a large measure, to a time when meridians and coordinates were a touch trickier to determine. And it mattered, specifically around Tahoe, where mineral rights were being bought and sold at a furious pitch. While this dispute has mostly petered out by today, this petering is remarkably recent, with gunfights and legal disputes continuing up into modern times.