Solon Robinson Explained

Solon Robinson
Birth Date:21 October 1803
Birth Place:Tolland, Connecticut
Death Place:Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality:American
Occupation:writer, journalist, agriculturist, and pioneer
Known For:settling in Crown Point, Indiana on October 31, 1834

Solon Robinson (October 21, 1803 – November 3, 1880) was a writer, journalist, 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 1852. Robinson wrote about Florida during the Reconstruction Era convention writing the 1868 Florida Constitution. In 1868, due to poor health, he semi-retired to Jacksonville, Florida. Robinson helped the paper gain popularity in the West and South.

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  1. Web site: Robinson, Solon (1803-1880), author, agricultural journalist, and Indiana pioneer . American National Biography. 2000 . 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001415. Marti . Donald B. . 978-0-19-860669-7 .
  2. Book: Salstrom, Paul. From Pioneering to Persevering: Family Farming in Indiana to 1880. September 28, 2007. Purdue University Press. 9781557534538. Google Books.
  3. Book: Solon Robinson, Pioneer and Agriculturist: 1846-1851. solon robinson.. Solon. Robinson. Herbert Anthony. Kellar. September 28, 1936. Indiana Historical Bureau. Internet Archive.