LOCATION Can Really Make A Difference

About ten years ago Denver’s history was changed when a very bright engineering student from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado decided to use his skills to calculate exactly where one mile (5,280 feet) above sea level happened to be on the steps of the Colorado State Capital building. Interestingly enough the spot that had been previously marked for decades was incorrectly marked by around 18 inches. So, a new official Denver “mile high” marker was installed. Today, you can find both still in place.

Well, a much bigger LOCATION issue appears to have just happened again for our wonderful state of Colorado. It now appears the four corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico is not really where the current marker and the United States Department of Interior said it is. The actual location is estimated now to be off by around 2.5 MILES. The experts are still working out the details. In defense of the previous experts, the fist time this area was surveyed was in 1868 when the sophistication of surveying was inferior to today’s standards.

The correct location is apparently inside the Colorado boarder. Think about this: If the correct line is relocated to the east side of U. S. 160 and northeast of the San Juan River, the state of Colorado will be becoming smaller in total land area.

It is quite interesting to think about the millions of people (including myself) who traveled to the four corners monument, paid their $3.00 admission fee and thought they were actually standing in four states at one time only to now find out we were all 2.5 miles away from the CORRECT LOCATION. I guess we all need to take a trip back to the four corners area to stand in the correct spot once the experts finally agree on the new “exact” location. If we hurry, we might even get there before they move the toll booth.