Comments on: 3 American Border Disputes You Probably Never Studied

By: GoMammy Search Portal !

GoMammy Search Portal ! — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:42:33 +0000

The Treaty of San Ildefonso neglected to draw a border between Texas and Louisiana. The neutral ground remained so until 1819, when Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty. This treaty made the Sabine River the border between Spanish Texas and the state of Louisiana.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:34:17 +0000

How the States Got Their Shapes
ISBN-10: 0061431389
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian (May 27, 2008)

By: Raymond

Raymond — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:09:53 +0000

border dispute for texas and oklahoma was over bridges and who had juristiction over red river… turns out oklahoma had it over both banks.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:29:48 +0000

I need to add the Mason-Dixon Line, determining the boundries for PA, WV, MD, and DE. Lord Baltimore (the greedy you know what) didn’t like the terms of the agreement (even though he signed it). What eventually happend was Cresap’s War.

Today, Pennsylvanians has the upper edge in the PSU-Maryland football series. (I kid, I kid).

By: Soul of Wit

Soul of Wit — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:17:54 +0000

I’m from SE Michigan and love our UP. Toledo is yet another auto town, but the UP is glorious. Those in the western end of the UP are very “Wisconish” and somewhat looked down upon by the rest of the state. Rooting for the Packers just seems wrong.

At one time, Toledoans could attend Michigan schools at in-state tuition rates and Michiganders (that’s what we call ourselves) got the reciprocal treatment at UT.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:24:00 +0000

According to wikipedia, one of the Army Corps of Engineers officers who helped lay out the Ohio-Michigan border in the summer of 1835 was Lieutenant Robert E. Lee (yes, that one)…

By: Ophelia

Ophelia — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:52:37 +0000

My comment sounded much more venemous than was intended… Go Michigan. :-)

By: Ophelia

Ophelia — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:51:50 +0000

People from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Yoopers) know that we were the “compromise” to the war, and people from the Lower Peninsula (Trolls–they’re below the bridge) still think we’re a bunch of backwoods hillbillies. Truth be told, I would choose the UP any day over flat lower Michigan… Lake Superior, endless forests, mountains for skiing, the Copper Country… I still think we should split into two states.

By: dre

dre — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:47:01 +0000

i love living in florida and knwing that we got the best part of the beaches out until pensacola….alabama, mississippi and louisiana can keep the swamp ass areas on the coast!!

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:34:36 +0000

For more see Mark Stein’s book How the States Got Their Shapes, reviewed at the link in my name.