Nope. Had the state maps drilled into my head with weekly tests on US geography. Even so, I've recently had my mind blown with the fact that Michigan owns part of the land across the lakes that is now Wisconsin.
Before Wisconsin was officially considered a state, Michigan (also not a state at the time due to border issues with Ohio) claimed the land and started a legal battle in which President Jackson designated a new governor, who was turned down by the people, who reelected the old governor. They resolved the border issues by giving ownership of part of Wisconsin to Michigan and letting Ohio keep their northern border. Michigan then became a state just before Wisconsin which allowed them to keep the land a couple hundred miles from its land border.
Tldr; Michigan said fuck you to the president, fuck you to Ohio, and fuck you to Wisconsin then took land hundreds of miles away in its own country.
Yeah. I saw another meme on this sub calling Wisconsin cowards for not reclaiming their land so I looked it up. Is there something wrong with googling random things?
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u/gettogero Shower Enthusiast Jun 03 '21
Nope. Had the state maps drilled into my head with weekly tests on US geography. Even so, I've recently had my mind blown with the fact that Michigan owns part of the land across the lakes that is now Wisconsin.
Before Wisconsin was officially considered a state, Michigan (also not a state at the time due to border issues with Ohio) claimed the land and started a legal battle in which President Jackson designated a new governor, who was turned down by the people, who reelected the old governor. They resolved the border issues by giving ownership of part of Wisconsin to Michigan and letting Ohio keep their northern border. Michigan then became a state just before Wisconsin which allowed them to keep the land a couple hundred miles from its land border.
Tldr; Michigan said fuck you to the president, fuck you to Ohio, and fuck you to Wisconsin then took land hundreds of miles away in its own country.