So named after its principal river, the name signifying here we rest. Formed from territory of South Carolina and Georgia, and was formerly known as the Territory of Mississippi. Constitution adopted August 2, 1819. MAINE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION MARCH 15, 1820. Area, 31,776 sq. miles. Capital, AUGUSTA. Pop. 1870, 626,915. So named from Maine in France, and is popularly known as The Lumber or Pine Tree State. Formed from territory of Massachusetts; first settled in 1623, at York. Constitution adopted Oct. 29, 1819. So named from its principal river, and popularly known as The Bear State. Formed from French territory. Constitution adopted March 1, 1836. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION MAY 29, 1848. Area, 53,924 sq. miles. Capital, MADISON. Pop. 1870, 1,054,670. WISCONSIN So called from the Indian name of its principal river, signifying wild rushing river. Formed from territory ceded by Virginia to the United States. First settled at Green Bay, in 1670. Constitution adopted Jan. 21, 1847. Formed from Inand Dubuque in Indian name of its principal river, signifying the sleepy ones, and popularly known as The Hawkeye State. dian territory. First settled at Burlington 1830. 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 because discovered on Palm Sunday-Pascua Florida. First settled by Spaniards at St. Augustine in 1565. Secured by treaty and purchased from Spain in 1819. Constitution adopted Feb. 20, 1839. TEXAS ADMITTED INTO THE UNION Dec. 29, 1845. Area, 237,504 sq. miles. Capital, AUSTIN. Pop. 1870, 818,579. So called from the Spanish name of the Republic, and popularly known as The Lone Star State. First settled in 1792. Formerly an Independent Republic of Mexico. Secured by conquest and treaty February 2, 1848. CALIFORNIA ADMITTED INTO THE Sept. 9, 1850. Area, 188,981 sq. miles. Capital, SACRAMENTO Pop. 1870, 560,247. So called from the Spanish name of an arm of the Pacific Ocean, and popularly known as The Golden State. Formed from Mexican territory. First settled on the Pacific Slope by the Spaniards in 1769. Constitution adopted Nov. 13, 1849. Indian word signifying the whitish water. Formed from Louisiana territory. First settled in 1812, on the Red River. Indian name of its principal river, a term meaning river of the west. Formed from territory acquired by treaty with Great Britain in 1846. First settled by Spaniards. Constitution adopted November, 1857. MONTANI SEMPER So called after Virginia. Formed a part of Virginia until the latter seceded from the Union. NEBRASKA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION March 1, 1867. Area, 75,995 square miles. Capital, LINCOLN. Pop. 1870, 122,993. So called from an Indian word signifying Water-Valley, Shallow River. Organized as a Territory from the Louisiana purchase, May 30, 1854. NEVADA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION October, 1864. Area, 112,090 square miles. Capital, CARSON CITY. Pop. 1870, 42,491. A Spanish term signifying White with Snow. Formed from territory acquired from Mexico in 1848. So called from a Spanish term, signifying Red or Colored and popularly known as The Centennial State. Organized as a Territory from a part of Kansas. Nebraska and Utah, in 1861. |