I wish there was a UU History book

By Donald on April 19, 2007 7:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

If there was, it might explain the synchronism between the following maps.

The top is a map of the Heartland District of the UUA. The green outline shows what we encompass. To the west of that is the Central MidWest District. The east portion of Ohio is the Ohio Meadville District. To the south and southeast is Thomas Jefferson District.

The second picture shows the division of the Upper Peninsula prior to Michigan Statehood in 1837. In the treaty after the Toledo War (or the Michigan-Ohio War), Michigan gave up rights to the Toledo Strip in exchange for the western portion of what is now the Upper Peninsula.

So my question is, WHY do these pictures mirror each other so well?! Is this some incredibly old Universalist Covention or Unitarian District boundary that we've just kept around for ages?

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3 Comments

Bill Baar said:

It makes sense now a days given the bridge and highways. It's a line right through the middle of no where though.

April 19, 2007 9:42 PM

Scott Wells said:

I doubt it is anything Universalist, who tended to organize by states and stuck to state lines. (An exception was the Vermont and Quebec Convention, but the Quebecker congregations were very near the frontier.)

Is the eastern part of the UP just a way of saying "Sault Ste Marie, Mich., and not Houghton"?

April 20, 2007 2:24 AM

Donald Wilson said:

There aren't even any churches in the eastern section that supposedly belongs to the Heartland.

April 20, 2007 3:35 AM