The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . Oi AMERICAN PROGRESS. 300 WISCONSIN. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION MAY 29, 1848. Area, 53,924 sq. miles. Capital, Madison. ||^-^w^ Pop. 1870, 1,054,670.^ -^ So called from the Indian name of its principal river, signi-fying wild rmliing river. Formed from territory ceded by Vir-ginia to the United States. First settled at Green Bay, in adopted Jan. 21, 1847. IOWA ADMITTED INTO THEUNION March 3, 1845. Area, 55,045 sq. , Des Moi
The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . Oi AMERICAN PROGRESS. 300 WISCONSIN. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION MAY 29, 1848. Area, 53,924 sq. miles. Capital, Madison. ||^-^w^ Pop. 1870, 1,054,670.^ -^ So called from the Indian name of its principal river, signi-fying wild rmliing river. Formed from territory ceded by Vir-ginia to the United States. First settled at Green Bay, in adopted Jan. 21, 1847. IOWA ADMITTED INTO THEUNION March 3, 1845. Area, 55,045 sq. , Des Moines. Pop. 1870, 194,020So called fiom theIndian name of its principal river, signifying the sleepy ones,and popularly known as The Hawkeye Stale. Formed from In-dian territory. First settled at Burlington and Dubuque in1830. Constitution adopted December 9, 1844. FLORIDA ADMITTED INTO THE ^ UNION March 3,1845. Area, 59,268 sq. miles. ?^Capital, Tallahassee, Pop. 1870,187,748. ?So named becausediscovered on Palm Sunday—Pascva Florida. First settled bySpaniards at St. Augustine in 1565. Secured by treaty andpurchased from Spain in 1819. Constitution adopted Feb. 20,1839.
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