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 - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

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