This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
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. | 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 |
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 |
 
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