cartography https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png cartography https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:30:51 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:00 -0400 Video: What's up with New York's border? https://www.thebatavian.com/philip-anselmo/video-whats-up-with-new-yorks-border/775 Holland Land Office Museum Director Pat Weissend tells us why our forebears saw fit to end New York state at Lake Erie instead of just continuing on to the Mississippi... or on to the Pacific. Why not? Pat tells us. Also included in this third installment of our series on what's going on over at that museum is Pat's explanation of why Transit Road is called Transit Road. Really, this one's a gem, folks. Enjoy!

]]> https://www.thebatavian.com/philip-anselmo/video-whats-up-with-new-yorks-border/775#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/philip-anselmo/video-whats-up-with-new-yorks-border/775 Jul 18, 2008, 5:12pm cartography Video: What's up with New York's border? philip.anselmo <p><a href="http://www.hollandlandoffice.com/home.htm">Holland Land Office Museum</a> Director Pat Weissend tells us why our forebears saw fit to end New York state at Lake Erie instead of just continuing on to the Mississippi... or on to the Pacific. Why not? Pat tells us. Also included in this third installment of our series on</p>