Re: Question about Ellis Island

In article <HOOdnYzewLt2yiXanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
singhals  <singhals@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

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>
>Mid-West.  To me, Midwest is everything between the 
>Alleghany Mountains and the Rocky Mountains.  I've heard 
>other definitions from people born in some of those states 
>-- Texas in particular disapproves of it. (g)

  Likewise us non-Texans :-)

  One definition of some historical relevance is that the
midwest is the states composed wholly or in part of the 
old Northwest Territory -- Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota.  

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