Let’s get the really mundane stuff out of the way off the top. Michigan became the 26th State on January 26, 1837. The original capitol was Detroit, but it was moved to Lansing in 1847 to provide better defense against the British in nearby Canada. I am not quite sure why this was an issue…
Given the patriotic season upon us, it is more than past time for me to resume our review of these United States with one of the oldest original 13 colonies, Massachusetts! Of course, there were native tribes in the area before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. If there hadn’t been how else would…
Maine used to be a lot of things. It used to be the northernmost State. It used to have the most coastline (it has more than 3500 miles of coastline). It was even included in the original United States, as part of Massachusetts until 1820. Not wanting to be dominated by the megalopolis of Boston,…