On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:11:12 +0000, Don White wrote:


that's a very interesting story Chuck. On this end of the continent, I'll
have to go back and refresh myself on how Maine ended up punching so far
north into what was once Acadia, and then Nova Scotia. (now New Brunswick)

That would be the Aroostook "War", and the resulting Webster-Ashburton
Treaty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War