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s_s, 1 year ago en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory Only half of Minnesota was part of the OG Northwest Territory, so in that sense, your friend is maybe correct.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory
Only half of Minnesota was part of the OG Northwest Territory, so in that sense, your friend is maybe correct.
s_s, 1 year ago Well, it used to be called the Northwest Territory. Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”. Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood. So then they became the “Midwest”.
Well, it used to be called the Northwest Territory.
Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”.
Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood.
So then they became the “Midwest”.
s_s, 1 year ago Chicagoland.
Chicagoland.
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