01805cam a2200325 i 4500 884795103 TxAuBib 20230705120000.0 081016s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780061431395 pbk. 0061431397 pbk. (OCoLC)262883868 TxAuBib rda Stein, Mark, 1951- How the states got their shapes / Mark Stein. New York, NY : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2008. xv, 334 pages : maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index. Don't skip this -- Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- District of Columbia -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- North Carolina -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virgina -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wisconsin -- Wyoming. Provides readers with an account of the establishment of each border of each of the fifty U.S. states. 20230705. United States geography History. U.S. states Historical geography. U.S. states Boundaries History. United States Boundaries History. Nonfiction.