If it matters, California was an independent nation before it became part of the United States. I wonder if that was before or after it fell into the Pacific Ocean?
There is another state that also was an independent nation for a short time before joining the US. It is one of the bigger states. Today it is know as Baja Oklahoma . . . . Oops, I mean Texas. I wonder if that was before or after it fell into the Gulf of Mexico?
