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| Keywords: Tripoint Trail CA NV OR Topo Map.jpg en Topo Map of area of the California Nevada Oregon Boundary Monument established in the 1872 Von Schmidt survey Shows trail to the tripoint tri-point or tri point and USGS or NGS Benchmark marker This historic boundary marker is the corner of the legal boundary as decided in the US Supreme Court Described in the Decree of the Supreme Court in California v Nevada case 456 U S 867 1982 Decided June 10 1980 That the location of the boundary between the States of California and Nevada is as hereafter specified Beginning at the Initial Point on the California-Nevada boundary as established under authority of the Act of June 10 1872 17 Stat 358 by Allexey W Von Schmidt in 1872 as an eight 8 inch square wood post set in a large mound of stone at the intersection to the 42nd parallel of north latitude along the southern boundary of the State of Oregon and the 120th degree of longitude west from Greenwich each as reported by him; thence running southerly along said 1872 boundary as surveyed and marked by Allexey W Von Schmidt to a cast iron monument designated as Von Schmidt Milepost 191 on said boundary 1981-01-24 12 00 00 US Geological Survey USGS Department of the Interior US Government National Geodetic Survey NGS Released to public domain US Geological Survey National Geodetic Survey other versions 41 99 -120 02 PD-USGov Topographic maps | ||||
