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Arc of the Medicine Line mapping the world's longest undefended border across the western plains /

"The border between Canada and the United States was laid out in many stages over more than a century, but the biggest part of the job was the long, (mostly) straight line across the great plains. On September 18,1872, two large teams of army surveyors - one from each country - met at the Red R...

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Main Author: Rees, Tony, 1948-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lincoln : Vancouver : University of Nebraska Press ; Douglas & McIntyre, [2007]
Physical Description: xiv, 393 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Cartography -- Northern boundary of the United States -- History -- 19th century.
Astronomy -- Northern boundary of the United States -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- High Plains (U.S.)
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century.
Northern boundary of the United States -- History -- 19th century.
High Plains (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Relations -- Canada.
United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Canada -- Relations -- United States.
Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
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