local geography: wright county in 1920
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Local Geography:Wright County in 1920
Grade 8Buffalo Community Middle School
Fall 2009
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
What was the largest city in
Wright County in 1920?
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
• 1) BUFFALO 1,460
Buffalo 1920
Buffalo 1920
Looking East on Division Street in Buffalo 1922
Division Street in Downtown Buffalo 2005
Looking North on 1st Avenue in 1920s
Looking North on 1st Avenue in 2006
Looking North on 1st Avenue in 2006
Looking North on 1st Avenue in 2006
Buffalo 1920
Buffalo 2006
Buffalo 2007
Buffalo remained a small town for many years. What event finally allowed it to
spring to life?
Buffalo Depot in 1887
Buffalo Depot in 2008
What were Buffalo’s largest industries in
1920?
Buffalo Creamery in 1898
Buffalo Creamery in the 1960s
Former Creamery Location 2008
Lbs. of Butter produced in W.C.
• 1870 – 115,675 lbs.
• 1890 – 1,176,909 lbs.
• 1900 – 498,430 lbs.
• 1939 – 26 total creameries in the county
Other Buffalo Industries in 1920
• Fish (Buffalo Lake had an “inexhaustible” supply)
• Summer Resorts
• Ice
• County Government Business
Courthouse in the 1920s
What was the second largest city in Wright County in
1920?
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
• 1) BUFFALO 1,460• 2) DELANO 1,031
River Street in Delano around 1900
River Street in Delano around 1920
River Street in Delano in 2006
River Street in Delano in 2006
Delano around 1920
Delano in 2006
What was the third largest city in
Wright County in 1920?
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
• 1) BUFFALO 1,460• 2) DELANO 1,031• 3) MONTICELLO 858
Monticello (1900)
Monticello (1920s)
Monticello 1920
Where was the first bridge built across the Mississippi in Wright County in
1920?
Monticello Bridge in 1894
Monticello Bridge in 2008
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
• 1) BUFFALO 1,460• 2) DELANO 1,031• 3) MONTICELLO 858• 4) COKATO 749• 5) HOWARD LAKE 629
Largest Cities inWright County 1920
• 1) BUFFALO 1,460• 2) DELANO 1,031• 3) MONTICELLO 858• 4) COKATO 749• 5) HOWARD LAKE 629• 6) ANNANDALE 624• 7) MAPLE LAKE 522 • 8) WAVERLY 460• 9) MONTROSE 312• 10) CLEARWATER 311• 11) ROCKFORD 257• 12) HANOVER 182• 13) SMITH LAKE 180
Major Factors Influencing Wright County Settlement in 1920
• Railroads continued to be dominant form of transportation technology– St. Michael remained a small town with no RR
• Water power is less important as electricity becomes common
• Urbanization becoming a force– People increasingly moving to cities
• Farming was increasingly mechanized– Fewer farmers needed/farms got larger
• Dairy farming had become county’s major agricultural activity
• Creameries, resorts, lumber were county’s major industries
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