Show go aw aro W 4 u ie V k iv J i ya fit h i I 1 4 12 7 9 RF I 1 kit X 1 0 rao ji v 4 ter S As 46 hii calf av 24 ft IOU F W i WA J no W PV no re A INA 4 ra 7 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN LUVEN LEVEN cities of the united ta states have passed the mark in tile the last year according to estimates mates by the census bu reau that glees elves us 70 79 and the big biff cities are retting getting bigger new york hug has passed the six million mark la Is approaching pro pron aching ching three million ii ill it WIL WILI I pit in will soon have two million n Det detroit rolt for which no estimate atvas made lina has probably passed the million murk mark other rapidly growing cities for which n no 0 estimates were made ahre los log angeles Seat seattle tc denver akron bridgeport houston and Sp the estimates make several cli changes tinges in the relative runk rank of the cities now new orleans has passed cincinnati roches ter ailts lilts outgrown jet soy city providence tins haa fallen behind st paul which in turn lina bas been pits passed ged by oakland springfield mass Is now bhend of grund rapids the 70 cities new york chicago aos philadelphia detroit no est estimate te cleveland 91 stlouis baltimore boston 7 6 los LOB angelel no estimate pittsburgh Pitts bursh san ban francisco buffalo 13 u M milwaukee 1 washington ft newark I 1 minneapolis aro new orleans cincinnati kansas city mo blo seattle flent tle no esti estimate nutte indianapolis 4 1 jersey CRY city 3 1216 7 portland Port lanil ore denver 1 no estimate toledo columbus co unit i i 2170 Louls louisville vIlle oakland st raul P 1111 providence i I 1 alron uron i i i no atlanta omaha 2080 birmingham ft 1 lili san ran antonto I 1 98 syracuse i I 1 dallas 1 lafis richmond nich mond 18 1723 new haven ITS malits fi dayton i log 36 Trl deport no 0 estimate ead matis norfolk I 1 no estimate ISO youngstown springfield mana gr arand nd marlda fort worth i des den moines scranton Bc ranton paterson Pat oraon i new bedford ise 02 trenton s 7 05 salt lake city camden nashville 41 4 fall ulver 12 1 wilmington doll del 1 1 9 wn albany kansas city kan lowell cambridge reading heading tu eulaa yonkers spokane no estimate duluth utica mica oklahoma 0 ali 61 city t Y lynn tacoma 1 1 canton jacksonville ill el I 1 paso 4 1 schenectady somerville mass t statistics statistics say oua oil just population U sta es aind dry us aa dust not so quite the contrary readie head be teven the lines null nud you will flud it it u fascinating list it spells tile the three hundred years of our history the of the american people across tile the continent our territorial industrial and commercial development from a new land hind to tile the wealthiest wealtha st and most powerful nation on eael earth it tile the trl tri of both war and pence glinia glimpses ses of the contrasting elvi civilizations liza of colonial ond and twentieth cen tury times in proff proof of this run through the anu and anai cuy dubaic toi to you new york likely says broadway wall street tammany hall woolworth building chicago Clil cago probably suggests windy city stock stoc k yards great fire grand opera and phenomenal growth there are living native born who have seen it grow from about 2000 when incorporated in 1837 to the fourth city of tile the w world orld boston means baked beans and culture detroit shouts fily versi minneapolis spells flour grand rapids furniture and tulsa oil philadelphia adelphia takes it us back to the declaration of independence the revolution and the constitution sun san antonio recalls tile the alamo tind and atlanta tile the civil ant i washington menns means congress and uncle sum sam and so on of the names of these cities STUDY Is interesting A few tire are purely indian chicago place lilace of tile the wild onion seattle un tin indian chief kansas city omaha tacoma and others several tire are spanish Neu stra senora la relna de los angeles san francisco san antonio el paso the french are represented by detroit strait now new orleans st louis des and duluth the dutch lost new york nieuw amsterdam and albany fort orange to the english but gave names to yonkers and echla schenectady tady there are classical names like philadelphia utica utoca syracuse descriptive names like grand rapids rabid fall river snit salt lake city tande names like indianapolis di boston new york new ne v bedford are named after cities in england cit cities tea named after men often open I 1 lip whole chapters ch of interesting historic associations No houston uston for example bears the name of I 1 sayi sam houa ton the hero of san jacinto Jacl nto a most moat remarkable character jacksonville la Is named after gen andrew jackson who before ills his election to the prest f dency took po possession of the spanish territory if florida cincinnati odo on e nf f the lie oddest names in tile the alls list commemorates me the society of the cincinnati organized in 1783 by regular officers of the continental armies with v jtb george ceorge washington as its first priest president RELIGION D it Is iel interesting to note JL bulked large in the founding of several citte 4 boston 1630 1 was waa founded by the puritans who came over to secure religious freedom new 1038 tile alie bible commonwealth ans a puritan experiment in government according to the bible providence 1030 was founded by roger williams who was persecuted bythe by alie puritans Purl tana itans because he believed that church and state should be separate baltimore 1030 1630 fished by lord baltimore as an a refuge for roman catholics who were an athean as were episcopalians Episcopal ians bap fists and quakers mong among the puritans philadelphia 1082 city of broth erly love wan waa founded by william penn leader of the quakers san francisco and los angeles were franciscan missions salt lake city 1817 18 17 was founded by the cormons mormons Mor mons seeking asylum from persecution because of their religious belief A inquiry into the why A L and wherefore of tm the settlement anol development of these cities would of course take volumes in ili the fhe case care of boston find san F francisco ran cisco doubtless tile alie harbor was the attraction the gold rush of 1819 IS 19 changed the he latter from it mission to it city elmost in a lay day new york philadelphia and new orleans a combination of river und and sea in tie the early curly days of a new land hind interior travel and trade bende follow the big rivers hence heince cincinnati st louls louis louisville omalia and kansas city the niter latter was the beginning of the santa fe trall trail and st louis the center of the american fur trade up to 1843 special conditions account tor for certain inland cities discovery of gold and the peak or bust rush of 1859 settled denver the cormons mormons lit orally mado made suit salt lake city to blossom like a in the desert find out why detroit los ange ankeles An ies seattle denver akron bridgeport houston and spokane the cities beltle not estimated arl ar growing so po rapidly lind nd you have something interesting |