In Madawaska in 1820, there were 72 people who were listed under "foreigners, not naturalized." Here is a breakdown of the population by age and sex: The "Recapitulation" or totals from all the counties and townships of Maine in the 1820 census includes further information on Madawaska:...
The United States Census of 1860 claimed over 300 congregants for the chapel. They included family members and parishioners whose allegiance remained with the Padre. Father Angelico Chavez, dean of New Mexican historians, in his book My Penitente Land claims that the rupture was “not a true ...
15. According to the 1994 US census, the second most populous state in the US is c. a. California b. New York c. Texas d. Washington 16. The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all region b. a. the Northeast b. the South c. the Midwest d. the West 17....
the Indian, especially in his nomadic condition, will have ceased to be a disturbing factor in the West. The tribes are diminishing in a very rapid ratio. In 1860, there were somewhat more than 500,000 of them within the limits of the United States. In 1870, the number ...
Decades later, disappointed by the negative legacy of Kowloon Walled City, Hawthorne sought a way to use her drawings to "bring back the joy" that she felt among the families who live there and the children who played there. That was the genesis of her children's book about Kowloon Walled...
"Only her name and address," Framton admitted. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was married; perhaps she had been married and her husband was dead.But there was something of a man in the room. "Her great sorrow came just three years ago," said the child. "That would be after...
The scary part is just how widespread social promotion has become.In New York,Crew estimated that more than a third of all fourth and seventh-graders would have to repeat a year if the policy were ended immediately.’Though Crew didn’t say so,there is no reason to think the percentage ...
Having a baby might seem like a relatively straightforward proposition—simple, if far from easy. Get pregnant, wait nine months, go into labor, and emerge from the process with a brand new human to care for. But in reality, there's so much more to it than that. The societal practices...
According to the 1990 census, recorded just a few years before my family moved there, less than one percent of the surrounding Marshall County identified as not white. When I lived there, that whiteness was re-rendered as an ahistorical, demographic truth: Residents know that the town, like...
Having a baby might seem like a relatively straightforward proposition—simple, if far from easy. Get pregnant, wait nine months, go into labor, and emerge from the process with a brand new human to care for. But in reality, there's so much more to it than that. The societal practices...