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
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Local Geography:Wright County in 1850
Grade 8Buffalo Community Middle School
Fall 2008
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Silas WrightNew York Statesman
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Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
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Wright County’s Earliest Settlements
1852 MONTICELLO (Mortzious)
1854 CLEARWATER (El Dorado)
1855 ROCKFORD (Big Rock)
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Common Transportation
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Common Transportation
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The “Big Woods”
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Clearing the “Big Woods”
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Prairie = Advantages
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Prairie = Advantages
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Easy Transportation:
Mississippi River
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Mississippi River
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Crow River
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Crow River
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Water Power = Mills
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Water Power = Mills
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Water Power = Mills
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Water Power = Mills
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Other Sources of Power
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Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
BUFFALO
COKATO
NORTHWOOD
MAPLE LAKE
DELANO
ST. MICHAEL’S
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Wright County’s Earliest Settlements
1856 BUFFALO (Winnebago)
COKATO (Moer’s Prairie)
NORTHWOOD
ST. MICHAEL’S
MAPLE LAKE (Geneva)
1868 DELANO (Crow River Crossing)
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Wright County
1850s
MONTICELLO
CLEARWATER
ROCKFORD
BUFFALO
COKATO
NORTHWOOD
MAPLE LAKE
DELANO
SMITH LAKE
WAVERLY
HANOVER
ANNANDALE
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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
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Clearwater Ferry 2005
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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
• Water PowerWaterfalls for grist and lumber mills
• SafetyOpen areas, nearness to neighbors