Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-06

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West Virginia for several years after
the State was admitted in 1862, the
change being made to Charlestown in
1870. Then, curiouSly enough, the
seat OF government was restored to
Wheeling in 1879, onl yto be trans
ferred to Charleston again in 1881.
Trenton has always been the capital
Of New Jersey. although from 1902
to 1886 the Governor OF New York
was also. the Governor OF New Jer-
scy, and In those years New Jersey,
while having its own assembly, was
pretty much governed from New
York city. Maryland has had no
capital but Annapolis since 1894
when the change was made to that
town from st. Mary's. Dover has
been Dclawarc's capital since l777.
When Ohio was admitted in 1902
Chillicothe was made its capital and
continued so until 1886 when the
change was imadc 10 Columbus, near
the centre OF the state Corydon. a
little town OF which few people have
ever heard. was once the capital Of
Indiana. indianapolis was settled up
in 1928, nine years after the State
was admitted. Illinois likewise once
had kaSkaSkia as its capital. Accord
ing to the last census it had popU-
lation OF only ~. 1t was the first
permanent European settlement in
the Mississippi Valley and was made
seat OF government a century and
Il half later when Illinois Territory
WAS organized in l>0?. After the
state was admitted to the Union in
ISIS the capital was changed to Van
dalia. The honor passed from this
little town TO Springfield in 1896.
Iowa City was the capital Of Iowa
from 1899 to 1886. ten years after
the state was admitted. when the
change was made 10 Dcs Moincs. l.C-
compton. which was the capital or
Kansas before It's admission. has al
most vanished from the map. accord
ing TO the census. On the other hand
Omaha. which gave up the seat OF
government in Nebraska 10 Lincoln
has forged ahead and become the
metropolis OF the state. Detroit was;
the capital Of Michigan during its
career as Il Territory and in the early
years Of Statehood until the change
was made 10 Lansing. In most of
the States west of the Missisippi
which have not already been men
tioncd--Minncsota. North Dakota
South Dakota. Montana. Idaho, wy
oming, Washington, Oregon, Califor-
MIA, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Missouri
ana Administrations has been no
change of capital since their admis-
sion, although in many cases it is
not the same as it was before admis-
sion. In California vigorous at
tempt was made few years ago to
change the seat OF government from
Sacramento to San Francisco. Ne
since ii became 4 State. first Virginia
City and then Carson. only Il few
miles away. Arizona has already had
in turn three capitals-TucSon Pres
colt and PhocniX--thc latter since
1909.
or the extreme Southern States
Louisiana has had a peculiar cXpcri-
cncc. It's capital was New Orleans
until 1919, when ii was changed to
Baton Rouge. I'm 1864 it was chang
cd back to New Orleans, and then in
1880 ii was established once more at
Baton Rouge, where it still remains.
Florida has had a succession Of capi-
tals-St. Augustine under Spanish
rule and as a Territory; Jackson
vile when the state was admitted in
lSi5, and little later Tallahassee.
Theodore Roosevelt will, i'm the
rail-, make tour Of the country.