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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.
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.
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.
Jun. 2—'La Cartoneria Mexicana/The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste' Through Nov. 3 Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe internationalfolkart.org 'Out West: Gay and Lesbian ...
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
The Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico) — often shortened to Museum of the UPR (Museo de la UPR) or MAHA — is a university museum dedicated to anthropology, archaeology and the history of art of Puerto Rico located on the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico, Río ...
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.
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