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    1. Re: [TTTP] Learned something
    2. Billie Walsh
    3. Human nature. Fulfills our sense of "tribe". On 10/20/2011 12:25 PM, donkelly wrote: > Historically right on target Billie. Why is it that gives most Americans comfort in having their own little state flag to wave during parades? > > donkelly > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billie Walsh"<[email protected]> > To: "Trails To The Past"<[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:55:29 AM > Subject: [TTTP] Learned something > > I never knew that at the time of the debate over admitting Oklahoma and > Sequoyah as separate states or a single state, there was also talk of > combining Arizona and New Mexico territories as one state. Seems that > some of the congress critters of the day thought that was a good idea. > Not a very popular idea back in those two territories. > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

    10/20/2011 07:57:10
    1. Re: [TTTP] Learned something
    2. donkelly
    3. Sure does. don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Walsh" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:57:10 AM Subject: Re: [TTTP] Learned something Human nature. Fulfills our sense of "tribe". On 10/20/2011 12:25 PM, donkelly wrote: > Historically right on target Billie. Why is it that gives most Americans comfort in having their own little state flag to wave during parades? > > donkelly > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billie Walsh"<[email protected]> > To: "Trails To The Past"<[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:55:29 AM > Subject: [TTTP] Learned something > > I never knew that at the time of the debate over admitting Oklahoma and > Sequoyah as separate states or a single state, there was also talk of > combining Arizona and New Mexico territories as one state. Seems that > some of the congress critters of the day thought that was a good idea. > Not a very popular idea back in those two territories. > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    10/20/2011 01:40:47