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Re:Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16 by dexwiz on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:39AM (#28376714)
Those states where originally the Midwest territories, which at the time were much more central than they are now.
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Re:Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16 by boomboomsubban on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:57AM (#28376801)
Like half of them were originally the Northwest territory, the Midwest territory was never a thing.
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Re:Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16 by Digory on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:50AM (#28381331)
The jump from Northwest Territory to Louisiana purchase basically defined the Midwest. Everything northwest of the Ohio River and east of the Colorado River has a fair claim at “Midwest.”
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