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John Leeke <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "That's gneiss but I think you're full of schist!"
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Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:34:08 -0400
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>>As far as I know Ohio is that large empty space West of the Hudson. It
never
occurred to me it was important enough to have a north and south. :-)<<

From the first US exploration and settlement and for many years after north
and south was about all the mid-west had, or rather
north and west. On a recent trip to Nebraska I learned that well into the
20th century mail was delivered to ranches in certain locals with nothing
more than
longitude and latitude as an address.

John Leeke, Preservation Consultant

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