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Klaralven

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25. From Alabama to Wyoming, this is how each state got its shape

Thu Nov 18, 2021, 02:40 PM

Nov 2021

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/04/10/this-is-how-each-state-got-its-shape/43513185/

Oklahoma - The panhandle of Oklahoma -- one of its distinguishing characteristics -- was sold to the federal government in 1850 by Texas. Texas did this because as a slave state, it did not want its northern border to go above the 36 1/2 parallel, which would have violated the Missouri Compromise. Until 1890, when it was attached to Oklahoma Territory, the panhandle was a lawless land.

Texas - It got its distinctive shape after the Compromise of 1850, when it sold some of its northwestern land area in exchange for the U.S. taking on its massive debt load.

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I didn't know why Oklahoma had a panhandle. Now I do. [View all] tenderfoot Nov 2021 OP

The things I learn on DU..... OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #1

I go right to the replies. Smart people on DU. Pepsidog Nov 2021 #9

Before LeftInTX Nov 2021 #2

Awesome map. 1/2 of the USA is well baked by 1850. The Western part, STBD OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #5

Seward's folly sure paid off! Marcuse Nov 2021 #16

Maine dude...had his shit together, nation building wise....... OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #18

Cool. I don't recall seeing that map about TX before. Hortensis Nov 2021 #30

I have no idea. I know the north point was the northern limit of "New Spain" or Mexico at one time LeftInTX Nov 2021 #33

Texas was forced to sell alot of the New Mexico land because they were broke..LOL LeftInTX Nov 2021 #35

Interesting. Texas hatred goes way back, like most southern states. Hoyt Nov 2021 #3

Kind of a pinpoint view isn't it? Or was hate in fact THE formative Hortensis Nov 2021 #31

Prior to the Civil War, cotton was mostly east of the Missippi and west in Louisiana LeftInTX Nov 2021 #36

Good history. Apparently a lot of cotton growers Hortensis Nov 2021 #39

Wow. I had no idea. DURHAM D Nov 2021 #4

This will be CRT theory. Forever forbidden in Republican State Mindthink. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #7

Oh wait... there's more tenderfoot Nov 2021 #6

If you saw Tom Hanks' movie "News of the World" FakeNoose Nov 2021 #12

Sort of like this year: NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2021 #28

Growing up, I spent a couple weeks a year in Woodward, OK at my aunt and uncles... VarryOn Nov 2021 #8

Good place for a windmill... SergeStorms Nov 2021 #11

I live in Oklahoma. The last two days have been so windy that I feel like I'm going to blow over. Tess49 Nov 2021 #17

Combo Wind/Solar. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #19

And I always thought it was because Kansas didn't want to get Texas cooties gratuitous Nov 2021 #10

Also that. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2021 #14

And who could blame them? ShazzieB Nov 2021 #20

And this is the history that must-not-be-spoken. I think teaching sinkingfeeling Nov 2021 #13

If TEXASS didn't have oil , wouldn't be worth a plug nickel ! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #15

Before oil, they had cotton, cattle, and citrus orchards. Klaralven Nov 2021 #24

great series produced by The History Channel CatWoman Nov 2021 #21

Love that series! nt Maru Kitteh Nov 2021 #41

Too bad really, This country would be better off without TX PortTack Nov 2021 #22

Sorry, but fuck off TxGuitar Nov 2021 #29

That's not true! Texasgal Nov 2021 #32

Why does Florida have a panhandle then? iscooterliberally Nov 2021 #23

Take your pick Mississippi or Alabama..LOL LeftInTX Nov 2021 #34

From Alabama to Wyoming, this is how each state got its shape Klaralven Nov 2021 #25

The main reason for the Texas Revolution was slavery... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #26

Slavery was abolished in Texas in 1830 LeftInTX Nov 2021 #37

Local violence and uprisings continued for another forty years in some counties in Texas. pecosbob Nov 2021 #27

US should had told Texas they would agree to buy that section Texas only LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #38

100% off topic... anyone ever been to Amarillo?? The "reddest" large-ish city I've ever seen. WarGamer Nov 2021 #40

We stayed there one night on our way to Colorado! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #42