On this map of early United States territorial grants, only one point is labeled: Old Point Comfort, on the East Coast, right where Virginia and North Carolina meet. Why? Old Point Comfort lies at the southeast tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Its name came from an early group of Jamestown settlers, who anchored their ship nearby and "rowed to a point where they found a channel which put them in good comfort." (The...
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...