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Another weird border situation played out in the "Oblong" where a botched Colonial land survey created a kind of no-man's land between New York State, Connectic
by ilamont 5y ago
Another weird border situation played out in the "Oblong" where a botched Colonial land survey created a kind of no-man's land between New York State, Connecticut, and the southwest corner of Massachusetts. How it got resolved related to an utterly bizarre incident in the 1850s.
https://anchor.fm/lostmass/episodes/The-Lost-Corner-AKA-Hells-Acre--The-Oblong--Etc--E14-eonb5p https://anchor.fm/lostmass/episodes/The-Lost-Corner-AKA-Hell...
- asdff 5y agoMichigan and Ohio once went to war over Toledo.
- kfprt 5y agoEach tried to make the other take it....
- christophilus 5y agoLittle known fact: the bullet holes from that skirmish is where we get the phrase “Holy Toledo”.