--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> I should clarify my post below: The region, including Kansas, was 
> known as "The Missourri Territory" around the time that Joseph 
Smith 
> had his channeling revelations. It had only just been reverted to a 
> sort of a state 2 years earlier or so. How hard is it to surmise 
> that those in the East especially (such as Smith in New York), 
would 
> have thought of it as "The Missourri Territory", and bear in mind 
> that the name Missourri comes from the name given to the tribal 
> peoples that roamed that whole region of the Great Plains.
> 
> Originally, all those states of that region were called 
> the "Louisianna Purchase", but were re-named "The Missouri 
> Territory" in 1812 (includes what we today call "Kansas".) 
> 
> "The Missouri Territory was a historic, organized territory in the 
> United States. It was originally known as the Louisiana Territory 
> and was renamed on June 4, 1812 to avoid confusion with the state 
of 
> Louisiana which joined the Union in 1812. The Arkansas Territory 
was 
> separated from the Missouri Territory in 1819. The state of 
Missouri 
> was separated out from the territory in August 10, 1821."
> - Source: Wikipedia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_regions_of_the_United_States
> 
> OffWorld


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