If you look at maps of Massachusetts and Connecticut, you will see an odd notch west of Springfield, Massachusetts, where Massachusetts dips into Connecticut for a few miles. The two states argued about the border between them for a hundred years and in 1802 they finally reached a compromise that gave the "Southwick jog" to Massachusetts.
Was it important for voting?
ReplyDeleteHumans always like to put fences and then to find a reason to fight for them. No matter the reason is .
ReplyDeleteIronic that the states argued about this land for a century, and now no one wants to live there. The addition to the barn is all that's left, and the real estate sign is hidden behind a bush. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteNothing that has to do with politics makes any sense -- then and now!! Hope you've had a great trip, Jack!
ReplyDeletePeople are funny - will fight over the oddest things!
ReplyDeleteBoundaries often don't make much sense unless you know a lot of history. There must have been some reason this little patch was desirable.
ReplyDeleteCurious now about what would have driven the argument in the first place...
ReplyDeleteConnecticut hillbillies?
ReplyDeleteOh the fights over a few miles.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't surprise me at all. Have you seen the wasteland they're willing to die for in Afghanistan?
ReplyDeleteHa ha, sure looks like an important piece of property.
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