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    The United States of America: State Borders and Other State Facts
    The United States of America: State Borders and Other State Facts
    The United States of America: State Borders and Other State Facts
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    The United States of America, State Borders and other State Facts Summary:

    Learning about what and where state borders are has never been an easier read than in this book. The United States of America, State Borders and Other State Facts is concise and provides for simple to understand north, south, east and west borders as well as providing bordering states and other state facts that are usually scattered throughout a number of other sources. Use this book for one-stop summaries for each state including pre-state status, state flag and other state facts.
    Every household interested in U.S. geography should keep this book handy for quick reference. Every library should have this on their shelves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 18, 2014
    ISBN9781493175758
    The United States of America: State Borders and Other State Facts

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      The United States of America - Xlibris US

      Copyright © 2014 by Howard Caulfield.

      Library of Congress Control Number:           2014903540

      ISBN:                  Hardcover                              978-1-4931-7576-5

                                  Softcover                                978-1-4931-7577-2

                                  eBook                                     978-1-4931-7575-8

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 04/29/2014

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      Contents

      The United States of America

      Preface

      Expansion and Growth of the United States

      Outlying areas of the United States

      The U.S. Flag

      Foreword

      Dedication

      Content

      Alabama

      Alaska

      Arizona

      Arkansas

      California

      Colorado

      Connecticut

      Delaware

      Florida

      Georgia

      Hawaii

      Idaho

      Illinois

      Indiana

      Iowa

      Kansas

      Kentucky

      Louisiana

      Maine

      Maryland

      Massachusetts

      Michigan

      Minnesota

      Mississippi

      Missouri

      Montana

      Nebraska

      Nevada

      Nevada

      New Hampshire

      New Jersey

      New Mexico

      New York

      North Carolina

      North Dakota

      Ohio

      Oklahoma

      Oregon

      Pennsylvania

      Rhode Island

      South Carolina

      South Dakota

      Tennessee

      Texas

      Utah

      Vermont

      Virginia

      Washington

      West Virginia

      Wisconsin

      Wyoming

      Addendum

      Boundaries

      Treaties

      The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription

      The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription

      The Bill of Rights: A Transcription

      Bibliography

      Author

      The United States of America

      Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

      —Theodore Roosevelt

      Preface

      The first Geological Survey record setting forth the history of the boundaries of the United States and the several States and Territories was prepared by Henry Gannett, assisted by Franklin G. Butterfield, and was published as Bulletin 13 of the Geological Survey in 1885.

      There was a second edition published as Bulletin 171 in 1900 and a third edition published as Bulletin 226 in 1904. A revision and enlargement of Bulletin 226 was prepared and issued in 1923 as Bulletin 689 and revised in 1930 as Bulletin 817.

      The present bulletin, prepared in 1964, is a revision of the 1932 edition of Bulletin 817. The revisions include clarification and modification of descriptions of certain boundaries, some of which are based on court decisions or international agreements; they also include more accurate figures for certain statistical data and numerous minor additions and deletions as appropriate. Most of the detail compiled for this document was from the most recent Bulletin numbered 1212.

      Expansion and Growth of the United States

      The original territory of the United States, as defined by the treaties of November 30, 1782, and September 3, 1783, with Great Britain, was bounded on the north by Canada, on the south by the Spanish Colonies of East and West Florida, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Mississippi River. It included the Thirteen Original Colonies and the areas claimed by them.

      One of the difficult problems of the new nation was the existence of extensive unoccupied territory between the Thirteen Original Colonies and the Mississippi River. Seven of the Colonies claimed large parts of this territory and some of the claims were conflicting. Recognizing the possibilities of dispute in this situation, the Continental Congress on October 30, 1779, passed a resolution recommending to Virginia and the other interested States that they refrain from granting the unappropriated lands in the western territory during the continuance of the Revolutionary War.

      The seven States claiming these areas responded favorably to this action and during the period from 1781 and 1802 ceded the lands to the Federal Government. These lands, which became the nucleus of the public domain, included the area that is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, part of Minnesota, Alabama and Mississippi. The United States continued to hold title to the unappropriated lands and to administer the laws relating to them.

      Outlying areas of the United States

      In addition to the United States there are territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. They include:

      Guam

      American Samoa

      Virgin Islands of the United States

      (St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix)

      Puerto Rico

      The Northern Marianas

      (The Five Largest Islands being Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Pagan and Agrihan)

      Additional Outlining Areas

      Overseas Military Installations

      A.   North and Central America

      a.   Greenland

      b.   Cuba

      c.   Puerto Rico

      B.   Europe

      a.   Iceland

      b.   United Kingdom

      c.   Portugal

      d.   Spain

      e.   Belgium

      f.   Netherlands

      g.   Germany

      h.   Italy

      i.   Bosnia

      j.   Kosovo

      k.   Greece

      C.   Middle East

      a.   Turkey

      b.   Bahrain

      D.   Asia

      a.   Japan

      b.   South Korea

      c.   Guam / Marianas

      d.   Diego Garcia

      The U.S. Flag

      Congress, by act approved April 4, 1818, effective July 4, 1818 ordered that the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be twenty stars (there were then 20 States), white in a blue field, and that on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag on the 4th of July following.

      Foreword

      My interest in the state locations and borders began in the 1970’s with my use of air travel to get around the country for work assignments. As I became more familiar with the states and their relationship to one another, I was intrigued with their shapes and borders. And, as many people do, I said when I retire, I’m going to write a book.

      I want to thank my wife, Edna, for encouraging me to compile this information. She heard me talk about developing this information for so long always believing that I would eventually put pen to paper. She had nothing but patience in continuing to suggest that I just begin the process, confident it would all come together. With her love and knowing that it would be fine, however it turned out, I began and after months of effort, it was finished.

      After completing my research for this compilation, it became clear that many of the colonial territories were defined by land grants and disputes decided by proclamation. Many other state borders were defined by river beds or by marked stones of other landmarks. It was also clear that

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