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Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It

By (author) Michael J. Trinklein

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This is American history theydonâ€™tteach you in class: Discover the â€œfascinating, funnyâ€ stories of the states that never were, from Texlahoma to West Florida (TheNew Yorker) Everyone knows the fifty nifty united statesâ€”but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying. Consider: Frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania in the Appalachian wilderness. His plan was resurrected a few years later with the new name of Kentucky. Residents of bucolic South Jersey wanted to secede from their urban north Jersey neighbors and form the fifty-first state. The Gold Rush territory of Nataqua could have made a fine stateâ€”but since no women were willing to live there, the settlers gave up and joined California. Each story offers a fascinating glimpse at the nation we might have becomeâ€”along with plenty of absurd characters, bureaucratic red tape, and political gamesmanship. Accompanying these tales are beautifully rendered maps detailing the proposed state boundaries, plus images of real-life artifacts and ephemera. Welcome to the world of Lost States!