Solon Robinson

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.

Solon Robinson
Born(1803-10-21)October 21, 1803
Tolland, Connecticut
DiedNovember 3, 1880(1880-11-03) (aged 77)
Jacksonville, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)writer, journalist, agriculturist, and pioneer
Known forsettling in Crown Point, Indiana on October 31, 1834

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.

Bibliography
  • Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated Dewitt & Davenport 1854, a collection of his articles on personal experiences in the underbelly of New York City
  • Mewonitoc; A Story of Western Life, Indian and Domestic, a novel serialized in the Weekly Tribune, 1867
  • A Northern Farmer on Southern Agriculture, a serial in the Weekly Tribune

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