Four Corners Monument

Four Corners [ fɔ ː ː kɔ nəz ] ( German quadrangles ) is the point at which the four U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet ( clockwise starting in the north- west). This is the only state - quadrangle of the United States. It lies on the Colorado Plateau and is part of the Navajo Nation, the self-governing territory of the Navajo, who call themselves Diné. The point is with a monument - in - the Four Corners Monument.

There have been since the mid-19th century repeated boundary changes at this point adjacent areas. At a four - point boundary it was 1863, when the newly formed Arizona Territory was separated from New Mexico Territory. The boundary between New Mexico and Arizona joined at its northern end to the existing, along the same meridian running border between Utah and the Colorado Territory. ( For states of the four territories were only later. )

1875, the cut-off point was first marketable by a sandstone column; this was in 1899 replaced by a new stone. 1912, a simple cement slab was poured around the landmark around. 1931, the point was marked by an embedded in cement brass disc. In 1992, the monument was designed from the ground up on new: Since it is a square stone platform with a round granite plate in the middle, in the center of the U.S. Department of Interior a redesigned aluminiumbronzene limit mark was used. 2010 Monument was again renewed with the disc has not been changed in the middle.

The granite slab bears the inscription

( German: Here are four states meet in freedom under God). The lettering is arranged in a circle, in each of the four sectors are two words. In freedom under God · · · four states meet here / Under God · · four states here meet in freedom · / · Four states here meet in freedom · · under God: Depending on the starting point, three other reading possibilities. Around the granite plate, the arms of the respective States are appropriate in the individual sectors.

Despite its remote location, the point has developed into a tourist center, which is operated by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department. For the access to the platform an entrance fee of three dollars will be charged. To sell the monument around Navajo and Ute artists souvenirs and snacks.