![]() ![]() Virginia’s version would have made West Virginia’s northern panhandle a big wide thing (and it probably wouldn’t have been called a panhandle). Basically, Pennsylvania’s version of the border said that what is now West Virginia’s northern panhandle didn’t exist, and the PA line went straight through to the Ohio river. When folks got out there and actually surveyed the land and followed the river, they found that the borders crossed. Virginia said that their border followed a particular river. Pennsylvania, for example, said their border went perfectly straight out west. ![]() You have to go across the river to Tennessee to get to them.Īlso, when a lot of state borders were established, the area they encompassed wasn’t that well known. There are now parts of Arkansas that you cant’ get to from Arkansas. To deal with this, they’ve changed policies over the years so that if the river moves the border doesn’t necessarily move with it. The eastern border of Arkansas moves every time the Mississippi river floods or there is an earthquake in the area. ![]() Why use lat & long anyway? How about using rivers and mountains and such instead? Seems a lot easier and self-evident on the ground to locate a natural boundary. ![]()
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