|
Border between Texas and Louisiana declared Neutral Ground
On this day in 1806, the United States and Spain signed an agreement
establishing the Neutral Ground. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 the
United States and Spain were unable to agree on the boundary between
Louisiana and Texas. In 1806, in order to avert an armed clash, Gen. James
Wilkinson and Lt. Col. Simón de Herrera, the American and Spanish military
commanders respectively, entered into an agreement declaring the disputed
territory Neutral Ground. The boundaries of the Neutral Ground were never
officially described beyond a general statement that the Arroyo Hondo on
the east and the Sabine River on the west were to serve as boundaries.
Ownership of the strip was awarded the United States by the Adams-Onís
Treaty in 1821.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- NEUTRAL GROUND
- ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
- WILKINSON, JAMES
- HERRERA, SIMON DE
- SABINE RIVER
- BOUNDARIES
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Bentsens move to Texas (1918)
- Johnny Horton dies (1960)
|
