Alabama

Mobile

66°

Mississippi.......

Jackson

64°

Alaska

Sitka...............

46

Missouri

St. Louis.........

55

Arizona

Tucson

69

Montana

Helena............

43

Arkansas

Little Rock.......

63

Nebraska

Omaha............

49

California

San Francisco

55

Nevada

C'p Winfield Scott

50

Colorada

Denver

48

New Hampshiie..

Concord

46

Connecticut

Hartford..........

50

New Jersey

Trenton.........

53

Dakota

Fort Randall......

47

New Mexico

Santa Fe..........

51

Delaware

Wilmington

53

New York

Albany

48

District Columbia.

Washington

55

North Carolina -

Raleigh

59

Florida

Jacksonville

69

Ohio

Columbus

53

Georgia

Atlanta

58

Oregon

Portland.........

53

Idaho

Fort Boise.........

52

Pennsylvania.....

Harrisburg

54

Illinois

Springfield

50

Rhode Island

Providence

48

Indiana

Indianapolis

51

South Carolina___

Columbia

62

Indian Territory..

Fort Gibson

60

Tennessee

Nashville

58

Iowa

Des Moines.......

49

Texas

Austin

67

Kansas

Leavenworth____

51

Utah...............

Salt Lake City . ..

52

Kentucky

Louisville

56

Vermont

Montpelier

43

Louisiana

New Orleans

69

Virginia

Richmond

57

Maine

Augusta

45

Washington Ter..

Steilacoom

51

Maryland

Baltimore

54

West Virginia.....

Romney

52

Massachusetts___

Boston

48

Wisconsin

Madison

45

Michigan

Detroit

47

Wyoming

Fort Bridger......

41

Minnesota

St. Paul

42

How Our Country Grew. The following gives the area of our country, and when and how the territory was acquired:

Square Miles.

Territory ceded by England in 1783

...... 815,615

Louisiana acquired from France in 1803

...... 930.928

Florida acquired from Spain in 1821

...... 59.268

Texas admitted into the Union in 1845

...... 237,504

Oregon, by treaty in 1846

...... 280,425

California taken from Mexico in 1845

...... 649,762

Arizona, from Mexico by treaty in 1854

...... 27,500

Alaska, from Russia by treaty in 1867

577,390

Total square miles

3.578,392