From: birdbrain@dontemailme.com   
      
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   george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net says...   
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   >There are some ranchers here in Missouri, but I don't imagine they'd need   
   >chaps.   
      
   Recently I was puzzled by a reference to   
   Illinois being known as "The Prairie State."   
   I would have thought that title appropriate   
   to the Dakotas, Wyoming, or even Nebraska,   
   but Illinois???   
      
   "At one time, well over half of Illinois was   
   covered with prairies, earning it the nickname   
   of "The Prairie State.""   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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