S of Imperial Beach off Monument Rd., San Diego, California. County/parish: San Diego.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 06, 1974. NRIS 74000550.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Initial Point of Boundary Between U.S. and Mexico (Monument No. 258) is the westernmost boundary marker on the international boundary between the United States and Mexico and as such has since its erection marked the southwestern corner of the Continental United States. According to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the initial border point is set as one marine league (three nautical miles) south of the southernmost point of San Diego Bay, and the border proceeds in a straight line towards the confluence of the Colorado River and the Gila River.
The significance of the monument is stated in the inscription on the west side of the original marble shaft:
(read more...)"Initial point of Boundary between the United States and Mexico, established by the Joint Commission, 10 October, A.D. 1849, Agreeably to the Treaty dated at the City of Guadalupe, Hidalgo, February 2, A.D. 1848. John B. Weller, U.S. Commissioner. Andrew B. Gray, U.S. Surveyor."
National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860892