The Town That Forgot It Was Part of the United States

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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International borders can be very strange things. Sometimes they measured down to the millimeter and a heavily marked and fortified. Other times they run through desolate areas where hardly anyone pays attention to the actual location. The latter was the case with much of the US/Mexican border in the early 20th century, and it caused a great deal of confusion. Learn more about Rio Rico, the American town that everyone thought was a Mexican town, and then it actually was, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	International borders can be strange things.
0:02.5	Sometimes they're measured down to a millimeter and are heavily marked and fortified.
0:06.0	Other times they run through desolate areas where hardly anyone pays attention to the actual location.
0:11.0	The latter was the case with much of the US Mexican border
0:14.6	in the early 20th century and it caused a great deal of confusion. Learn more about
0:19.5	Rio Rico, the American town that everybody thought was a Mexican town, and then it eventually
0:24.1	was on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. There are all sorts of international borders.
0:45.0	Sometimes they use mountain peaks to define a border.
0:48.0	Other times are just arbitrary straight lines that were drawn on a map that cut through whatever happens to be there.
0:54.3	One of the most common natural features which are used as international borders are rivers.
0:59.3	For the most part, rivers make for good borders.
1:01.9	It's a body of water that's difficult to cross that keeps one side apart from the other.
1:06.0	However, rivers too can have their issues as borders.
1:10.0	What, for example, is the status of an island in the middle of a river.
1:13.0	There is a small island in the Bidesoa River which serves as the border between France and Spain.
1:18.6	Their solution was actually to have joint custody of the island.
1:22.0	It's Spanish territory from February 1st to July 31st, and French
1:26.4	territory from August 1st to January 31st. Borders don't necessarily run down the middle of rivers either.
1:33.0	The Corinthine River, which serves as the border between Surinam and Guyana,
1:37.0	is entirely within the territory of Surinam.
1:40.0	So if someone fishes in the river from the bank and Guyana, they're actually making a border crossing.
1:45.0	The biggest problem with using rivers as borders, however, is that rivers move over time.
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