On Mar 13, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
In 1820? *What* interior heartland? There was an interior alright, but it was very sparsely populated and could hardly be considered the heartland of anything.
Good point. I would just amend "sparsely populated" to "sparsely populated by non-indigenous Americans". Sorry to nitpick, but I don't like to see perpetuated the myth that American expansion was into vacant land.
mdl
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