Geological Survey Bulletin, Issues 1212-1213U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1966 - Geology |
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... formation of the various States and the establish- ment of their boundaries are presented for their historical and geo- graphical interest and for a reference to those who do not care to take time to go to original source material ...
... formation of the various States and the establish- ment of their boundaries are presented for their historical and geo- graphical interest and for a reference to those who do not care to take time to go to original source material ...
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... formation of the Union , to extend its boundaries to the 3 - mile line . The law provided that in no event can the term " boundaries " be interpreted as extending more than 3 geographic miles into the Atlantic or the Pacific , or more ...
... formation of the Union , to extend its boundaries to the 3 - mile line . The law provided that in no event can the term " boundaries " be interpreted as extending more than 3 geographic miles into the Atlantic or the Pacific , or more ...
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... formation of Minnesota Territory , in 1849 . TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER The " territory south of the River Ohio , " the government of which was provided for by act of Congress approved May 26 , 1790 , was bounded on the north by ...
... formation of Minnesota Territory , in 1849 . TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER The " territory south of the River Ohio , " the government of which was provided for by act of Congress approved May 26 , 1790 , was bounded on the north by ...
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... formation of the State of Ohio from lands ceded to the United States by Virginia in 1784 and by Connecticut in 1800 and by the separation of West Virginia from Virginia in 1862 , the above- mentioned meridian line became the boundary ...
... formation of the State of Ohio from lands ceded to the United States by Virginia in 1784 and by Connecticut in 1800 and by the separation of West Virginia from Virginia in 1862 , the above- mentioned meridian line became the boundary ...
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... formation of the State bore the name of Missouri for many years . In 1834 the part north of the State of Missouri and east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers was an- nexed to the Territory of Michigan . ( For further history of this ...
... formation of the State bore the name of Missouri for many years . In 1834 the part north of the State of Missouri and east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers was an- nexed to the Territory of Michigan . ( For further history of this ...
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49th parallel bank beds boundary line Britain Catskill Catskill Formation ceded cession charter claimed Claystone Colorado commissioners Congress Connecticut County crossbedded degree of north Delaware Devonian drainage basin due north east eastern feet fine-grained finely micaceous Florida Formation Georgia Government grained granted greenish-gray Hampshire included Indian intersection jurisdiction Lake Land Office latitude Limestone line was run longitude Louisiana Louisiana Purchase main channel Massachusetts medium-gray medium-light-gray meridian Mexico middle Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River monument Mountains mouth north boundary North Carolina north latitude northeast northern boundary northwest corner Ocean Ohio parallel of latitude Pennsylvania Ransom quadrangle Red River river St rock Sandstone Shale shore siltstone silty slightly limy square miles Stat stone surveyed and marked Tennessee Territory Texas thence north thereof thick treaty U.S. Coast U.S. Supreme Court United Virginia Washington Washington meridian western boundary York zone
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Page 14 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 143 - ... in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the sea coast to the northward two hundred miles, and from the said point of Cape Comfort all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 183 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Page 42 - ... river Gila (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same) ; thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river until it empties into the Rio Colorado ; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean.
Page 56 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Page 45 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and (between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 221 - States, in all respects whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of.
Page 178 - That the Constitution, and all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 67 - Shelf is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas ; (b) to the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands.
Page 187 - Moines; thence down and along the middle of the main channel of the said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the same, where it empties into the Mississippi River; thence, due east, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence down, and following the course of the Mississippi River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning: provided, the said state shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid.