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Show MIGHTY COUNTRY IS UNITED STATES When the Civil war broke out. thS population of the United States was 31.413.000. When the Central Pacific and Union ' Pacific were united at Promontory POlnt, completing the firsl transcontinental transcon-tinental railroad, tin re were ."T.Oim, 1 000 people in this country As late as 1880 Ihe populaton was . 60,166,000. Today the flag of ihe United States! ,1'lort over 117.8r7.509. Continental j United Slates has 10r,70S,771, to which must be added 10,35o.0fio in the Phil , 'ippiner., 255,912 in Hawaii. 1,299 80V I in Porto Rico, 13,275 in Guam, S056 in Samoa and 22,858 on the canal zone Utah is officially given H9.396, 1 while Idaho is credited with 431.866 Many of the earlier BCttlers of Utah came from Vermont, one of the first subdivisions of this country to claim immigration. But today. Utah has nrarly 100,000 more Inhabitants than Yermont This In part, t ell the story of ihe development of the west |