Border marker 255 - San Ysidro, CA - Latin American Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

"As part of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in return for $15 million Mexico ceded 1.2 million square miles of territory to the United States, A joint US and Mexican Boundary Commission would demarcate a new border, which they did after a 2-year surveying expedition. 52 boundary markers were placed starting from the Pacific and heading Eastward. In 1892 following minor disputes all along the border, a second surveying expedition took place starting from El Paso and heading westward. 258 monuments were added by the time the Barlow-Blanco Commission ended in 1894 (a final 14 were later added for 272 monuments total). While many of the monuments became tourist attractions when they opened, recent political and security issues have resulted in the construction of walls few meters behind the US-Mexico border (allowing the US to move unilaterally on border fencing), cutting off access to the monuments from the rest of the United States.

Marker 255 was place in the middle of the little town of Tia Juana, which straddled the border. However in 1891 a flood destroyed most of the town, which subsequently moved to its current position only on the Mexican side. The monument was also washed away by the flooding, prompting the Barlow-Blanco Commission to erect a new monument on a nearby hill.

In 1911, insurrectionists of the IWW surrendered to Captain Alfred Wilcox at the US Border marker following the loss of Tijuana.
This fragment, the center portion of the original marker 255 that was lost in the 1891 flood, as rediscovered in 1979 and placed near the border crossing at San Ysidro.
San Ysidro, San Diego, California"
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Designation: No 255 Benchmark Agency: A joint US and Mexican Boundary Commission Nearest Address: near the border crossing at San Ysidro San Ysidro, California Usa Rate: Website: [Web Link] Parking Coordinates: Not Listed Trailhead: Not Listed

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