One Sloppy Land Surveyor Almost Caused a War Between Missouri and Iowa...
Between 1816 and 1836, the border between Missouri... ...heriff Uriah S. Gregory tried to collect Missouri state taxes from the farmers of the disputed territory.... ...ssouri claimed this land all the way to the Booth line , another survey line drawn in 1836 about nine miles...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/03/26/One-Sloppy-Land-Surveyor-Almost-Caused-a-War-Between-Missouri-and-Iowa/
