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The disputed land had generally been administered by Delaware, even electing a member of the Delaware legislature in the mid-19th century, [375] but federal maps had included the land as part of Pennsylvania at least as late as 1900. [376] The states had agreed on a resolution, and it was affirmed by an act of Congress on this date.
Republic of Madawaska (1827) is represented on the map as the disputed territory between Maine (U.S.) and Canada. The area, known as Madawaska Valley, was transferred to Quebec in 1842, then transferred to New Brunswick at some point in the 1850s (see Mitchell maps of Canada-East of 1850 & 1860).
History of Texas. In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state. Border disputes between the new state and Mexico, which had never recognized Texas independence and still considered the area a renegade Mexican state, led to the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
Map of the United States, 1870–80. Orange indicates statehood, light blue territories, and green unorganized territories. Grange poster hailing the yeoman farmer, 1873. A dramatic expansion in farming took place. [18] The number of farms tripled from 2.0 million in 1860 to 6.0 million in 1905.
The Depreciation Lands were a tract of land within a part of western Pennsylvania that was purchased by the Commonwealth from Native Americans in 1784. The area was located west of the Allegheny River, north of the Ohio River, and was bordered to the north by the east–west line that stretched from the mouth of Mahoning Creek (then known as Mogulbughtiton Creek) to the western border of ...
The last Sanborn fire maps were published on microfilm in 1977, but old Sanborn maps remain useful for historical research into urban geography. The license for the maps was acquired by land data company Environmental Data Resources (EDR), and EDR was acquired in 2019 by real estate services company LightBox. [2] [3]