MORMON BATTALION

Photo was taken just above Morrelos Dam from the river levee road. The levee road along the salt drain is a better road and it is wider but it bypasses points of interest. The monument marks the point at which some boy scouts thought the crossing took place. Nobody disputes it, but nobody much cares either. The Mormon Battalion had been marching through Mexico since they crossed the Arkansas River back in Kansas.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

February 25th 2015
ALGODONES Algodones is a little Mexican border town a few miles west of Yuma. It is the furthest north that a Mexican town can be found. Remarkably if you go due north, south, east or west from there you will soon find yourself back in the United States. Algodones is the Mexican term for “cottons” it is probably in reference to the cotton pickers who live there. Sometimes it is call ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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