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In 1845, the Rio Grande was established as the border between Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas. The river has many meanders, which result in "fingers" of land that are nearly surrounded by territory of the other country, such as the Horcón Tract, a 413-acre (1.67 km 2) finger that was surrounded by the river (and Mexico) except for a narrow connection at its northeast end.
Each of the five floats has a distinctive history. Two remain as part of large ranches in New Mexico and Arizona, two have been incorporated into the national park system in Colorado and New Mexico, and part of one float is urbanized as Rio Rico, Arizona, an unincorporated community with a population of 20,000.
The Chamizal Zone was officially ceded to and became incorporated into the Republic of Mexico on October 28, 1967. The Chamizal Treaty brought about the first time the United States gave inhabited land back to Mexico. Other minor land exchanges occurred under the Banco Convention of 1905 and the Boundary Treaty of 1970, including Rio Rico in 1977.
Rio Rico may refer to: Rio Rico, Arizona , a census-designated community in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States Río Rico, Tamaulipas , a town in Mexico on territory that was part of the United States prior to a border adjustment in the 1970s
This transfer was made in exchange for the transfer from the United States to Mexico of other land, including five parcels near Presidio, the Horcón Tract (after 1906 located south of the Rio Grande), and Beaver Island (La Isla de Morteritos), located in the river south of Roma, Texas, comprising 481.68 acres (194.93 ha) in total.
On November 24, 2009, the U.S. ceded 6 islands in the Rio Grande to Mexico, totaling 107.81 acres (0.4363 km 2). At the same time, Mexico ceded 3 islands and 2 cuts to the U.S., totaling 63.53 acres (0.2571 km 2). This transfer, which had been pending for 20 years, was the first application of Article III of the 1970 Boundary Treaty.
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There are also sites of the old Calabasas village, [1] Calabasas Store [9] (both now built over by modern development in Rio Rico) and the Santa Rita Hotel (once a fine hotel along the railroad line to Mexico), now a vacant piece of land near the old rail line and south of Sonita Creek, east of its confluence with the Santa Cruz River. [10] [11 ...