Land which has not yet been divided into states is almost always referred to as a "territory". Many of the places that are currently states in the US began as territories, such as Alaska.
We have more technology now days, back then buildings probably werent as nice and we didn't have as many devices like now
It's basically a crater, you know like a empty bowl. Think about it, the term explains it all :D
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