Posted 7/29/2010 10:01 (#1292644 - in reply to #1291698) Subject: RE: How the states got their shape.
Lac qui Parle County Minnesota
We were taught in school that at the time they were coming up with the boundries with Canada, they still didn't know where the headwaters of the Mississippi was. They didn't want to lose the headwaters to Canada so they included the chimney, just in case the Mississippi did start there.
How the states got their shape.
