1. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    Hello, it is a very nice thread this one. I would like to know which are ALL the External Territories of USA, I know only few far islands in Pacific Ocean and
    Apr 07, 2005 @ 04:16 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
  2. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    The territory of the United States consists of: 1. the 50 states of the Union 2. the District of Columbia 3. one Incorporated Territory: Palmyra American law
    Apr 07, 2005 @ 16:05 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  3. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    Thanks a lot Lowell, everything is clear now! Bye Fabio ... From: Lowell G. McManus To: Sent:
    Apr 07, 2005 @ 16:09 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
  4. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    ... I should correct this. What I meant was that there are no remaining disputed island possessions (such as the former guano islands), apart from any that
    Apr 07, 2005 @ 17:03 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  5. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    Fabio, how many years ago did you see a big American airport and where was it? To my knowledge, there are no U.S. bases in foreign countries anymore that are
    Apr 09, 2005 @ 03:40 - L. A. Nadybal ("L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
  6. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    Hello Len, I went in 2001 to make a trip, by private bus, from Marrakesh to some interesting towns of Morocco. The tour was through Fes, Meknes, Rabat and
    Apr 10, 2005 @ 11:58 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
  7. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    What you saw might have been the former US Air Force operation at Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco during the 1950 s and 1960 s. Read about it at
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 00:12 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  8. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    this of course is the conventional list found in standard reference sources but in reality the list of actually external sovereign territories of the usa is
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 19:47 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  9. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    Interesting. However, I should point out that Louisiana and Washington have subsequently been proven to be contiguous after all--the Chandeleur Islands and
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 20:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  10. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    interesting tho i too should point out for whomever is interested in pointing things out that i have already pointed out once today that the original crude try
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 21:03 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  11. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    ... So how did Palmyra become an Incorporated Territory, when none of the other various Pacific islands did? Also I think some of the dispute on this group as
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:23 - adamnvillani ("adamnvillani" <avillani@...>)
  12. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    I agree. I wasn t disparaging your four-year-old work. My concern was for Fabio or anyone else who might possibly use some help in the updating and
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:29 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  13. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    thanx tho you know my inputs here are all play & never work nor do i care when they are disparaged but do feel free to make all the work & snippets you like of
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:48 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  14. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    http://www.answers.com/topic/incorporated-territory also i believe if you go back & read carefully you will see there was never any dispute neither about what
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:11 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  15. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    On April 15, 1862, Captain Zenas Bent and Mr. Johnson Wilkinson, both subjects of the Kingdom of Hawaii, landed in Palmyra and took possession of the atoll
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  16. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    I agree as to the two elucidations. It was a matter of whether external meant jurisdictionally or geographically. Lowell G. McManus Leesville, Louisiana,
    Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:33 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  17. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    true enough but it was also a matter of giving the whole answer to the question actually asked as it always is here at bp but especially was in this case which
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 05:11 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  18. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    Lowell, ... What was the reason for separating Palmyra from Hawaii at the time of statehood? Furthermore, assuming that the whole of Hawaii was previously an
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 09:35 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
  19. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    as mentioned in the link to message 17324 incorporation is not reversible which means once incorporated always incorporated even if uninhabited but in fact not
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 12:50 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  20. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    oops forgot your other question evidently palmyra became disorganized when hawaii became a state in 1959
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 13:10 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
  21. Re: U.S. External Territories list
    ... Or perhaps one could say that upon statehood all of the organization of Hawaii just sort of left Palmyra behind. Palmyra was never organized separately
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 20:34 - adamnvillani ("adamnvillani" <avillani@...>)
  22. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    An interesting counter claim to the U.S. ownership of Wake Island can be found at http://www.enenkio.org/wq.htm Doug Sheer ... From: aletheiak
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 21:34 - DougS78864@aol.com (DougS78864@...)
  23. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
    You are correct that Palmyra has never been organized separately from Hawaii (or anywhere else). There have been other examples in which less than a complete
    Apr 12, 2005 @ 22:49 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  24. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    ... After laborious digging, I have found the explanation in the words of a Senator in a government report. I will write it up at length for you tomorrow
    Apr 14, 2005 @ 05:19 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  25. Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
    As we have already seen, Palmyra had been part of the Kingdom, Republic, and Territory of Hawaii, but the Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 specifically excluded it
    Apr 14, 2005 @ 19:47 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)