Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)

[Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, M. Thayer wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed & Betty Padgett" <epadgett@p...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
> 
> 
> > Dick,
> >
> > You are correct, the West ends in Nevada and then it was the West Coast.
> > When I lived in the Panhandle, anything East of North Platte was
> considered
> > the Midwest (to the Mississippi River). On the Q Revenna was considered
> the
> > boundary.
> >
> > People back here in Wisc. seem to think that they live in the Midwest, I
> > don't understand that.
> >
> People in *Ohio* think they live in the Midwest . . .
> 
> And don't forget - historically, Michigan and Wisconsin were called the
> "Northwest Territories"! (and in movies, Texas is thought of as "Western" -
> even though it's about equidistant from the coasts) We have some very
> flexible terminology here!
> 
> Marshall

And Oklahoma and Texas consider themselves the Southwest.


Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...