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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Arkansas is two notches above
Arkansas began life as an almost rectangle that later had two notches carved out of it. When Congress started to divide up the Louisiana Purchase, a couple of historic decisions played a part in the shape of Arkansas that stands … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams-Onis Treaty, Arkansas, Choctaw Indians, Louisiana purchase, Missouri Boot Heel
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West Virginia breaks away
How did West Virginia get that goofy shape? Is it possible that someone intentionally created a state that looks like this? Not exactly. West Virginia was “spun off” from Virginia when residents on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains acknowledged … Continue reading
A river runs through it and around it
One of the more interesting side stories about states’ borders are the cases in which disputes about these borders continue long after the state is admitted into the union. Surveying errors, disagreements about markers, and disputes about which state is … Continue reading