Here a few interesting facts I found. Joyce The Pilgrim fathers sailed from Plymouth, England, September 6, 1620 The Mayflower Pilgrims did not all go ashore the same day. The women went ashore November 24, 1620, thirteen days after the men. In 1790, the first United States census showed a population of 3,929,214 persons in the thirteen states. During 1816, in several northern states, there were frosts and snow in every month. This was due to dust in the atmosphere from volcaninic activity In 1870 it took eight days to cross the United States by train. In 1894 there were only four automobiles in the United States . Life expectancy in the United States in 1900 was 47.3 years.