Checking out this map of U.S. hops production from 1890, it appears that New York was once a pretty happening place for hops. These days, U.S. hops production is concentrated in the Northwest, and New York isn't seeing much of the action. (According to the Hop Growers of America, who publish thorough statistical reports on such things, about 77% of U.S. hops production in 2013 took place in Washington, with Oregon and Idaho...
In 1790, the very first United States Census found that Northern Liberties was the sixth most populous city in all of the United States, weighing in with around 9,900 residents. Granted, the country was pretty small back then, but it made me wonder what caused this Northern Liberties to completely fall off the map. As it turns out, Northern Liberties was located in present-day Philadelphia, just north of what is now...
Here we have the states ranked in population, from 1790-1890: I have never seen anything more absurd than this chart’s color- and pattern-coding. It's a pretty genius way of tracking each state's growth over the years relative to other states, and a bunch of these would have made for some pretty cool flags. Someone make a tie out of this, please. Two ties. Wallpaper! Rank of states and territories in population...
