Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-24

1o~U>loOU, % miles: lS0U lS4O, %
miles; 1910 1850, So miles; 1850
1860, s, miles; 1860 1870, II mics !;
1o7O-lSSo, So miles; 1880 1890, As
mi es, total westward movement of
500 miles. The sudden acceleration
Of movemtn between 1850 and 1860
was due to the transfer of a consid-
cradle body of population from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast, twelve
individuals in San Francisco ex, ring
as much pressure ut the then pivotal
point, viz: the co sing Of the SD
meridian and the 39;h parallel, as
forty individuals ut Boston.
In 1890 the center of population
was at 80 deg. 1876 min. north lsti-
tude and 76 deg. liz min. west
longitude, which comparison of the
best maps available would seem to
place about % miles east Of Baltimore.
During the d, clde from 1890 to 1900
it appears to have moved almost due
west to point about Is miles We. t
of the same city, being in latitude 80
deg. 1G.l min aud longitude 70 deg.
Sc : min.
From 1900 to 1910 it moved west
ward and slie htly southwark to a point
about forty miles northwest by west
from Washington, being in latitude
80 deg. | 5 min. and longitude u
deg 81 min. The southwark move
ment during this decade appe ars to
have been due to the anne xa,ion Of
territory Of Louisiana. which contained
quite extensive settlements.
From 1910 to 1890 it moved west
ward and slightly southwark to a
point about sixteen miles north OF
Woodstock, Va, being in latitude 80
deg. 81 min. and longitude rs deg.
33 min. This second southwark
movement appears to have been due
to the extension Of settlements in Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Eastern Geor-
gia.
From 1870 to 1880 it moved still
westward and southwark to a point
about nineteen miles southwest OF
MooreGeld, in the present state of
West Virginia, being in latitude SO
deg. SO min. and longitude 70 deg.
1863 min. This is the most decided
southwark movement that it has made
during any decade. 1t appears to
have been due in part to the great
extension of settlements in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Arkansas, or generally,
it may be said, in the Southwest.
From 1880 to 1910 it moved still
further westward, but slig htly changed
its direction nor,hward, reaching a
point sixteen miles south OF Clarks>
burg, w. Va, being in latitude 80
deg. 2 min. and longitude so deg. Is
min. During this decade settlement
had made decided advances in the
prairie States and in the southern
portions OF Michigan and Wisconsin,
the balance Of increased settlement
evidently being in favor of the North
west.
From 1910 to 1850 it moved wcs'-
ward and slightly soutnward again,
reaching n point about twehty>three
miles southeast of Parkersburp, w.
Va, in latitude So deg. 80 min. and
longitude 81 deg. 10 mln., the charge
of direction southwark being largely
due to the annexation of Texas.
From 1850 to 1850 it moved west.
ward and slightly northwarl, reach
irg point twenty miles south Of
Chllico,he, o, this being in latitude
80 deg. GA min. longitude 81 deg
4S,S mil.
From 1860 to 1870 it moved west
ward and sharply noithwa,d, reach
ing point abou. forty eight miles
east by north of Cincinnati, O., in
latitude so deg. II min. longitude
S3 deg. 357 min. This no,tnward
movement was due in part to waste
and destruction in the South conse
quent upon the Civil War, and in part
probably to the fact that the census
of 1870 was defective in It's enum-ra-
ton of the Southern people, especially
of the newly enfranclis, d colored
population.
In 1880 the center Of population
had returned southwark to nearly the
same latitude which it had in 1860,
heirg in latitude 80 deg. Al min.,
longitude S4 deg. 397 min. This
southwark NOV, ment was due only in
part to ain imperfect enumeration a,
the south in 1870. During the de.
cado between 1870 and 1880 thu
Southern States made a large positive
increase, both from natural growth
aud from immigration southwark.
During the past decade the Gel ter
OF population has moved northward
into practically the same latitude
which it occupied in 1870, 1t has
moved westward 53 min ID sec, o,
forty eight miles, being less by ter
milk S than its movems mt dun the
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