US Census
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Official State of Missouri
100
Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Vermont were enumerated on this US Census
What is the 1790 Census
100
This was a measuring instrument that consisted of 100 links joined together by rings and used in surveying
What is a chain?
100
These two websites provide information on passenger arrivals
What are ellisisland.org and castlegarden.org
100
This trail went from western Missouri across the Great Plains into the Rocky Mountains to the west coast. It was most heavily used in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s. It was the longest historic overland migration
What is the Oregon Trail?
100
On June 5, 2005 this amphibian became the official state amphibian of MO
What is the North American Bullfrog?
200
These areas: mortality, agriculture, manufacturing, social statistics were enumerated on this schedule
What is the non-population schedule
200
Name the two types of land record keeping used by the U.S.
What are 'state land' and 'federal land' states?
200
This website includes state pages, several projects including the Tombstone Transcription Project
What is the USGenWebProject at usgenweb.org ?
200
In 1796 permission and funds were granted from the United States Congress to build a road through the Northwest Territory. When this trail was completed, it crossed what is now the state of Ohio from Wheeling, Virginia to Maysville, Kentucky.
What is Zane's Trace?
200
On July 3, 1985 Missouri adopted this insect as its State insect
What is the honeybee?
300
This US Census year was the first to show relationships
What is the 1880 US Census
300
This type of land was divided by meridians, townships, ranges and sections
What are federal land states?
300
You can find federal land patents, cadastral surveys, and land status records on this website
What is the Bureau of Land Management at glorecords.blm.gov
300
In 1821, William Bicknell, a merchant-trader opened the this trail as a lucrative trade route from Franklin, Missouri to the southwest. During most of its history the trail was used to carry pack-trains or wagon loads of trade goods between Missouri and the southwest.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
300
On May 23, 1997 this fish became Missouri's official state fish
What is the channel catfish?
400
This US Census year was the first time former slaves were listed by name
What is the 1870 US Census?
400
This term refers to a legal contract and not a servant
What is indenture?
400
On this website you can select a state to find records. It also has a link to just about any genealogy information you can think of. (Hint: the creator of this list recently had the site hacked)
What is Cindi's List?
400
The trail was the first road built by the United States federal government. Construction was authorized in 1806, begun in 1811, at Maryland, and stopped at Vandalia, Illinois in 1838, a distance of about 620 miles (1,000 km
What is the National Road/Cumberland Road/National Pike
400
On July 9, 1990 this tree's nut became the official state of MO tree nut
What is the eastern black walnut?
500
This was the first year the US Census had a uniformly preprinted form
What is the 1830 U.S. Census?
500
This is a legal document transferring ownership of land from the federal government to an individual
What is a land patent?
500
This website was formerly called Footnote and uses a flag as its emblem
What is fold3
500
This trail is also called the Raystown Path, or Old Trading Path. This road was a widening and improvement of an older trading path to make a military road under the leadership of a British Brigadier General during the French and Indian War. His goal was to cross the Appalachian (Allegheny) Mountains with heavy artillery and an army large enough to repel French forces at Fort Duquesne in what is now Pittsburgh on the Ohio River. The General's men constructed the road in 1758 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Fort Duquesne, connecting Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
What is Forbes Road?
500
On June 21, 2007 Missouri adopted this as it official state invertebrate
What is the crayfish?
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