local geography: wright county in 1850
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Local Geography: Wright County in 1850. Grade 8 Buffalo Community Middle School Fall 2008. Silas Wright New York Statesman. CLEARWATER. Wright County 1850s. MONTICELLO. ROCKFORD. Wright County’s Earliest Settlements. 1852 MONTICELLO (Mortzious) 1854 CLEARWATER (El Dorado) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Local Geography:Wright County in 1850
Grade 8Buffalo Community Middle School
Fall 2008
Silas WrightNew York Statesman
Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
Wright County’s Earliest Settlements
1852 MONTICELLO (Mortzious)
1854 CLEARWATER (El Dorado)
1855 ROCKFORD (Big Rock)
Common Transportation
Common Transportation
The “Big Woods”
Clearing the “Big Woods”
Prairie = Advantages
Prairie = Advantages
Easy Transportation:
Mississippi River
Mississippi River
Crow River
Crow River
Water Power = Mills
Water Power = Mills
Water Power = Mills
Water Power = Mills
Other Sources of Power
Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
BUFFALO
COKATO
NORTHWOOD
MAPLE LAKE
DELANO
ST. MICHAEL’S
Wright County’s Earliest Settlements
1856 BUFFALO (Winnebago)
COKATO (Moer’s Prairie)
NORTHWOOD
ST. MICHAEL’S
MAPLE LAKE (Geneva)
1868 DELANO (Crow River Crossing)
Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
BUFFALO
COKATO
NORTHWOOD
MAPLE LAKE
DELANO
SMITH LAKE
WAVERLY
HANOVER
ANNANDALE
Wright County’s Earliest Settlements
1869 SMITH LAKE
WAVERLY (Cowell)
HOWARD LAKE (Victor)
1877 HANOVER (Frankfort)
1878 MONTROSE (Marysville)
1886 ANNANDALE (Abbeyville)
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Settlement Factors(why did they settle in Wright County)
• Good FarmlandEspecially prairies
• Access to Good TimberFor building materials and fuel
• Easy TransportationRivers, bridges and ferries
Clearwater Ferry 2005
Settlement Factors(why did they settle in Wright County)
• Good FarmlandEspecially prairies
• Access to Good TimberFor building materials and fuel
• Easy TransportationRivers, bridges and ferries
• Water PowerWaterfalls for grist and lumber mills
• SafetyOpen areas, nearness to neighbors