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minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoI’m assuming it was named that way because “the west” was basically anything past Oklahoma from the perspective of the east coast, where most of the population existed.
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoEverything past the Ohio Valley was considered the west.
I’m assuming it was named that way because “the west” was basically anything past Oklahoma from the perspective of the east coast, where most of the population existed.
Everything past the Ohio Valley was considered the west.