State and National Boundaries of the United States

by Gary Alden Smith (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $37.76

  Explains why and how state boundaries are placed where they are. It begins with an introduction that provides general information about boundary placement, colonial boundaries, formation of territories, surveying and Supreme Court rulings. The appendices include facts about each state, citizen and state nicknames, and dates territories were created and states entered the Union.