REGISTER OF
OLD SETTLERS
BOOK ONE
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MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA REGISTER OF | |
Source: REGISTER OF OLD SETTLERS , BOOK One, page 57
submitted by Neal Carter, Sept. 2, 2007
IOWA PROORESS
(sic Progress)
Jan 4, 1875Monday last was the twenty-eighth anniversary of the admission of Iowa into the Union. Its growth has been surprising. The following is the population for the years named:
1836………………………10,531 1852……………………230,833 1838………………………22,859 1854……………………328.014 1840………………………43,116 1856……………………519,414 1844………………………75,050 1858……………………633, 547 1846………………………99,088 1860……………………674,913 1847……………………...117,152 1862……………………702,374 1849……………………...152,148 1869…………………...1,040,183 1850……………………...192,205 1870…………………...1,194,089 1851……………………...201,775 1872…………………...1,251,833 By comparison, the growth may be seen. Florida was admitted into the Union on the same day with Iowa. In 1870 Florida had a population of 187,748, or 1,006,072 less than Iowa.
The United States Agriculture Report for 1873 shows that Iowa is in the front rank in the production of the four leading farm-products of the nation:
CORN Illinois first, bu …………………………………………………………………….143,200,000 Iowa, second bu ……………………………………………………………….....105,205,000 WHEAT Iowa, first bu .………………………………………………………………………..34,000,000 CATTLE Illinois, first ……………………………………………………………………………1,273,500 Ohio, second …………………………………………………………………………….882,700 Iowa, third ……………………………………………………………………………….852,800 HOGS Iowa, first ………………………………………………………………………………3,693,799 The total valuation of these four products places Iowa second: Illinois, first …………………………………………………………………………..$125,588,323 Iowa, second ………………………………………………………………………….96, 664,822
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