Harry Krause wrote:
thunder wrote:

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



And for the really o.f.'s amongst us whose memories are still sort of
intact, there's the Bangor & Aroostock Railroad:

http://www.thebluecomet.com/bar.html


I *know* Don will like this one.

D'oh! Outsmarted by the Yankee Peddlers again.
Pretty tough when 'might is right' and you have a third party looking
out for your interests.

Thanks for the pics Harry. That landscape sure does look like it
belongs in the Maritimes.