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Local Geography: Wright County Approaching 1880. Grade 8 Buffalo Community Middle School Fall 2009. Life in the “Big Woods”. Pioneer Life. Pioneer Life. Pioneer Life. Buffalo Fish. Little Mountain?. = Monticello. Mississippi River Dock 1880s. Mississippi Steam Boats 1880s.
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Local Geography:Wright County Approaching 1880 Grade 8 Buffalo Community Middle School Fall 2009
Wright County’s Population 1855 504 1860 3,729 1870 9,457 1880 18,104
Wright County 1880
1880 Hypothesis • Brainstorm how the changes in technology and transportation will effect where people choose to settle • Predict what the three largest cities in Wright County will be in 1880? • Be prepared to explain and defend your selections with at least three reasons to rest of class
1880 Hypothesis • Look at previous list of settlement factors from 1850’s. • Will the same factors be important? • Do your selections have things in common? • EXPLAIN your reasons (don’t make lists) • Rivers? (which one, what will it be used for)