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1 Toledo War image
2 Wisconsin Territory Border
3 Fair use rationale for Image:Interstate 1958 plan mi.png
4 Abyssinia, Henry
5 DYK
6 Autoblock

[edit] Toledo War image

A pretty minor point, but I don't think Image:Upper peninsula Toledo War.jpg is quite accurate. It's pretty close, but the historical western boundary of the Michigan Territory ran from the southernmost extreme of Lake Michigan through the middle of the lake to its northenmost extreme. Interstingly the middle portion of the UP had technically been unorganized for a few years, betweem the time that Illinois Territory was split off from Indiana Territory and when everything left over after the State of Illinois was created was attached to Michigan Territory in 1818. I might note also that both Image:Michigan-territory-1805-1818.png and Image:Michigan-territory-1836.png are also not 100% accurate either. Cheers. older ≠ wiser 00:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I guess I will be correcting that image. When I created it, I used those Michigan Territory maps that you mentioned above as my guide on where to place the line. I guess I shouldn't have done that in hindsight. Thanks for the information - do you know of any maps from this time period that correctly place the line? Hotstreets 00:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, this is more of an analyticial synthesis than a historical map, but I've found it helpful. Likewise with this (though I've found the boundary line placements on the latter to be somewhat unreliable and rather more of a general approximation than an exact position. This is also rather interesting. older ≠ wiser 03:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, fixed (I hope). I used your sources and a map from the State of Michigan web site, and the new image is now a PNG, to eliminate some JPEG pixelation issues. So it is now located here: Image:Upper peninsula Toledo War.png. Thanks, and please let me know what you think? Hotstreets 20:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Looks great. Thanks. older ≠ wiser 23:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wisconsin Territory Border

Just a quick question. I know that only the eastern part of UP was part of MI-Terr, but WI-Terr papers say it only went to the currently MI-WI boundaries. Was the western part of UP really part of WI-Terr before its incorporation into MI or was the western UP "unorganized"? (This came up because of Wisconsin Territory image discussions.) CJLippert 04:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Reply posted on User talk:CJLippert. Hotstreets 00:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Interstate 1958 plan mi.png

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[edit] Abyssinia, Henry

Excellent article, good use of sources.Michael Dorosh^Talk 21:20, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 28 September 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Abyssinia, Henry (M*A*S*H episode), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

I just wanted to commend you for your amazing work on "Abyssinia, Henry". I'm frequently impressed by articles in the DYK section, but I don't know if I've ever seen one that was so lengthy, in-depth, and well-referenced. Bravo! -- Kicking222 00:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)