Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21
What Do You Know Of
Your U. S. Geography
A Lot OF FACTS AND FIGURES
AeoUT YOUR coUNTRY-Do
YOU KNOW THEM?

OCT a map OF the United States and
tdk, a good squinr at it. A ten-min.
ute examination Of it will furnish you
>.l.n "a number OF jolts and surprises.
ror instance, ii you are like the aver
age run OF people, YOU have always
Deen dead certain that the state Of
name is much farther north than any
ocher state. And you are doubtless SO
aead sure that this is the case thai
inpulsively you would be willing to
Lake a bet OF ten 10 one on the pro-
position. That's where yon would lose
4ome hard earned money. Gaze at the
MAP a moment and you will discover
tnaj Minnesota is farther north than
al other states. A fafr-sized jog OF
STATE extends many miles into Can
.,aa You viii also find, to your sur
prise, that even North Dakota Mon
lana, Idaho and Washington run Earth
q north than Maine.
It is amazing how many people are
absolutely certain that Texas is farth
er south than all others. They usual
~ express considerable DOUBT when
you tell them that Florida has thai
honor The quaint little city of Key
West, located on Thompson S island
or Bone Key, Monroe county, Fla, is
the southernmost place in the United
,.latos. Bone key, BY the way, is a
translation of the Spanish, cayo hueso
meaning bone reef, so named be-
cause Of the bones found upon the is
land
THE BIGGEST STATES
II IS doubtful Il more than one per
son ont OF a thousand can correctly
aAswer the query as to which is the
largest state in the area east Of the
Mississippi river Usually the first
guess is New York, with Pennsylvania
close second. Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin are also great fayorites in
tbs guessing. Now and then some one
wil suggest Kentucky and Tennessee,
NneI you announce that Georgia is
large than all other states east Oh
tie mississippi ali those within hear
ING Instance act as though they felt
sorry for your feeble brand of INTELLECT
Your word is brazenly doubted The
correctness of your statement is never
accepted They know betterl Not un.
til the figures are looked up in the
World Almanac or some other reliable
authority, and checked and rechecked
is the doubtfulRess of your sanity dis
PEELED For the benefit Of doubling
readers I viii give the area in square.
miles OF the five largest states lying
between the Atlantic and the Missis-
sippi: Georgia, 1926; Florida, 1866
Michigan, 1920; Illinois. 56,e65; Wis
consin, $4,000. You will observe that
Florida is the second largest east of
the Mississippi but seldom does any
one mention it as even being among
The five largest.
Ask your friends to mention the five
largest states west of the Mississippi
river and you will have a lot of doubt
full stammering and wild guesses. An
unexpectedly large number Of them
will mention California as the largest
quite overlooking the fact that Texas
once mentioned in a popular comedy
as the coming center of literature,
science and art, las 1O7600 more.
square miles of territory than the beau.
tiful state on the Pacific whence come
Hiram Hoover. peaches, prunes and
movies. Here are the five largest
states between the Pacific and the
Mississippi with their respective
areas: Texas, 265,S96; California, 1873
2g7 Montana, 146,997; New Mexico,
122,634; Arizona. 1885.
twenty-five of our As states are
west of the Mississippi and &c east of
that important stream
STATES WITH MOST LAKES
What would be your reply if asked
which state has the greatest number
OF square miles Of water-riyers, inlets
and lakes within its boundaries, ana
which state has the least amount?
Minnesota has the greatest amount
ana New Mexico the least. Minnesota
is the "lakiest" state in the Union.
Her total area of water is 1924 square
miles. while New Mexico has only 131
Florida ranks next to Minnesota, with
$3.50 square miles. Other states hay-
ing more than 1000 square miles of
water are: North Carolina, 1855; Tex
as, S,49S; Maine, BIAS; Louisiana,
3,097; Utah, 2,SO6; California, 2,645;
Maryland, 1856: Virginia, 1896, and
Washington, 2,291.
New Mexico is not the only state
with small area of water. Seven
Other states have less than 300 square
miles of water, as follows: Pennsylvan
ia, 294; Colorado, 800; Massachusetts
227 Rhode Island, 1871; West Virginia
148; ARIZONA, 146; and Connecticut,
145.
For some strange reason it is the
general impression that California ex-
ceeds all other states in the amount
OF tidal coast mileage. Far from it.
Florida is far and away ahead Of all
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