Wolvereen/Wolverine

[Steve K.]

On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    ..."Westward ho!"  But yesterday committees in Congress report
> favorable to the claim put in by Ohio for a portion of the territory
> heretofore occupied by Michigan, and to day arrive in our city a
> committee from the Wolvereens, with a new city plat--another
> HAVRE,--being a point of land left them and forming a Lake Harbour for
> Michigan, and in opposition to _Manhattan_ and _Toledo_ gone over to the
> Buckeyes.

The Toledo War is interesting -- for those of you who don't know, Michigan
lost a wedge shaped piece of land that included Toledo to Ohio. In return,
Michigan was awared the UP.

--- Steve K.