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ORIGINAL: scott1964 More Trivia Why are Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah shaped like a box? What do North/South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas have in common? Why does Missouri have a boot? Alright lets see for the box question western states used the township and range surveying system which marked out land in squares. Umm I don't know that the 2nd question answer is. Missouri has a boot because the planter John Hardeman Walker convinced congress that the land there should go to Missouri and not Arkansas because it was similar in terrain to the Missouri area's near it.
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But when Territories are acquired in regions where there are differences in language, customs, and laws then great good fortune and much hard work are required to hold them. -Machiavelli, Il Principe, Book III-
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