George Etzel Pearcy's 38 states of America

By Jack Brummet, Geography Ed.

Pearcy's original version

In 1973, George Etzel Pearcy, a California State geography professor, proposed that the U.S.  refashion its old state boundaries to reduce the number of states to thirty-eight.  Part of his idea was to distribute larger cities among the states.  The new states would be named after their geological features, or historic events (Cascade, Alamo, Prairie, etc). 

There was a lot of support for this change--except in Washington, D.C.

Rob Lammle, a cartographer, created a more finished version years later, showing how cities would be better distributed in the 38 state system.

Rob Lammle's version

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