Solon robinson biography

  • Solon Robinson (October 21, – November 3, ) was a.
  • --T.H.B.] He was an early Justice of the Peace, was the first postmaster in the county, was elected the first County Clerk, and, with his.
  • Solon Robinson was a writer, journalist, agriculturist, and pioneer.

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    From the Frontispiece of Facts for Farmers, which was edited by Solon Robinson and printed in

    This is the genial face of a farmer, engaged in a work of love for his calling. It is placed here in opposition to the wishes of the author. He has been persuaded to allow his face to be seen by those who purchase this collection of things useful to a very numerous class through the solicitation of the publisher, who knows that it will be a satisfaction to them to see how their old friend looks at the age of sixty. An old friend he will seem to those who read his earnest appeals for agricultural improvement twenty or thirty years ago. As a writer and lecturer upon agriculture, and extensive traveler to observe its condition in the United States, few men are better known than the original of this portrait. Therefore this likeness will be, the publisher believes, highly appreciated as well by those who look upon a familiar face as those who see it here for the first time.

    The author was

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    [NOTE: Solon Robinson was born in Tolland, Connecticut, Oct. 21, As a young man he moved to Ohio where he was married to Mariah Evans in The newlyweds soon moved to the southeast corner of Indiana.]

    "It was the last day of October, , when I first entered this 'arm of the Grand Prairie;' for miles around stretched forth one broad expanse of clear open land. I stood alone, wrapt up in that peculiar sensation that man only feels when beholding a prairie for the first time -- it is an indescribable, delightful feeling. What could exceed the beauty of this spot? Why should we seek farther?"

    These were the words of pioneer Solon Robinson as he talked about the day that he and his party emerged from the woods near Deep River, looking west toward the present site of Crown Point.

    Solon Robinson was born in Connecticut. In he moved to Ohio, where he was married in , but soon moved to the southeast corner of Indiana.

    His trek to Lake County began at Jennings County in Traveling wit

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    Solon Robinson

    American agriculturalist

    Solon Robinson

    Born()October 21,

    Tolland, Connecticut

    DiedNovember 3, () (aged&#;77)

    Jacksonville, Florida

    NationalityAmerican
    Occupation(s)writer, reporter, agriculturist, and pioneer
    Known&#;forsettling in Crown Point, Indiana on October 31,

    Solon Robinson (October 21, &#;– November 3, ) was a writer, reporter, agriculturist, and pioneer. He wrote for the New York Tribune and American Agriculturist and published several books including Hot Corn, a bestseller.

    Robinson was from Connecticut and settled[1] in Crown Point, Indiana with his family. He formed a squatters union.[2]

    He was an agriculturist.[3]

    Robinson was one of the prominent reporters at Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. He joined the paper in Robinson wrote about Florida during the Reconstruction Era convention writing the Florida Constitution. In , due to poor health, he semi-retired to