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.

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. "Robinson, Solon (1803-1880), author, agricultural journalist, and Indiana pioneer | American National Biography". www.anb.org. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1001415.
2. Salstrom, Paul (September 28, 2007). "From Pioneering to Persevering: Family Farming in Indiana to 1880". Purdue University Press – 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.

External links

• Works by Solon Robinson at Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Works by Solon Robinson at Open Library
• Works by or about Solon Robinson at Internet Archive
• Works by or about Solon Robinson in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Solon Robinson collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library