Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-08-27

Their Immense Extent rs Compared
With the United States Proper.

Mr.. NJ. OHraly, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter.
ritory, writes rs follows:
In taking superficial and hasty glance al
the map of the United States, as deineated
aud portrayed i'll our common maps, the
great bulk of the United States seems to be
cOmprehcnded between Maine and Missouri,
while the vast extent of country between tlfc
latter State and California is shown only as a
few Territories. This is likely to lead the
negligent or indolent inquirer into II grave
error. The fact is that the ten Territories
between Nebraska and the Pacific contain as
great 4 number of square miles rs the bal
ancc of the United States together. If we
include Alaska, the eleven Territories will
exceed the United States proper OF Sd, 2S0
square miles. find that Arizona contains
$50, 900 square miles, which is equal in area
to the States of New York, Pennsylvania,
illinois and Indiana, four of our largest West
ern and Middle States. Montana contain 173,
600 square miles-cqual in extent to the States
of Kentucky, Iowa, Kansas, Connecticut and
and Montana together arc as large as the six
New England States-New York, New Jcr-
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida and
Alabama. Colorado contains 1O6, 900 square
| miles, equal to Louisiana, Name Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire and New jersey New
Mexico contains 124, 900 square miles, equal
! in extent to North Carolina, Ohio, South
Carolina aud Vermont. Idaho contains 95,-
600 square miles, equalt Tennessee Wiscon-
sin, Delaware and Rhode Island. Utah con-
tains los, 600 square miles, equal to the States
of Michigan, Mississippi Delaware and Con-
necticut. Dakota contains 221 600 square
miles, aud would make 43 such States a. New
York, and 1894 States, each rs large as Rhode
Island. Nevada embraces $4,000 square
miles, and is equal to West Virginia and Iowa.
Washington Territory contains II 800 square
miles, being as large as Maryland, Georgia,
Delaware and the District of Columbia. Wy
oming contains lO,OOO square miles, though
enormously set down in our statute books as
97,G0O, and is as large in extent as Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland,
Connecticut and West Virginia. Thus we
find that the eleven Territories (Alaska in
ciuaeo) @ Contain ,6s0, 300 square miles, being
o9'So square miles larger than the United
States proper, and by comparison with the
countries in Earopc. are ne iarce in etfent of
territory as Austria, Bolgluln, na-ar;n Radon
France and Corsica; England, Ireland anu
Greece; Holland, Italy and Prussia; Portu-
gal, Sweden and Norway; Switzerland, Sax
Ony and Wortemburg; Spain, Luxembourg
and Turkcy-in short, larger than all the
countries of Europe, deducting Russia. The
Territories mentioned would make SO king
doms as large as Great Britain, and ii en-
pires as large as France, before the war with
Prussia. This, perhaps, is not mathematic-
ally accurate, to fractions, but in round num-
bers sufficiently close approximation is
made for all practical purposes and informa-
tiOn."
In subsequent letter Mr.. O'Healy says:
Il have since been making other COMPARE
sons, which will be found nearly appfoxi-
mately correct Brazil and the United States
are nearly of the same size in square miles.
Spain and Montana are very nearly the same
size. The Pontitical States, or States of the
Church, and Connecticut are of the same
size. Maryland and Rhode Island are as large
as Belgium. Austria is as large as Texas and
Delaware. Texas is as large as France, Den
mark and Switzerland. California and Ja-
pan contain the same number of square miles.
Minnesota and the West India Islands con-
tain the same number Of square miles. Para
quay and Kansas are Il same size. Portugal
and Kentucky are the Rme size. New York
and Honduras are the same size The small
est Principally in Europe is Monaco, con-
tanning only six square miles. The smallest
Republic in the world is San Marino, only
containing twenty-four square miles"