Tom Scales wrote:
>
> Actually, it is 1.57 times larger than Texas .. Ontario = 413,000 square
> miles. Texas = 261,914 square miles
>
> The real difference between Texas and the other 49 less important states is
> that Texas use to be a country and still, in many ways, acts like it.
>
> Tom
You forget about Hawaii. It was a genuine kingdom and then a republic
before becoming a US territory and then a state. Louisiana, at one
time, was declared a republic.
Ontario? Well it is big, but Alaska is bigger still and just as cold.
Jerry Liles
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