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The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History

The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History. David A Lanegran PhD Macalester College. Nature of Historical Geography. Historical Geography has several themes Geography of past landscapes or geography of the past.

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The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History

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  1. The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History David A Lanegran PhD Macalester College

  2. Nature of Historical Geography • Historical Geography has several themes • Geography of past landscapes or geography of the past. • Preservation of place – how location decisions of the past have influenced the geography of the present. • Relict landscapes and landscape features • Impact of landscape tastes or values developed the past on the geography of the present

  3. Development of cities in Minnesota • Selection of sites for urban development • Nature of city plans • Effect of technology on development of cities

  4. General types of cities • Resource extraction sites • Water power sites • Fords and bridge points • Entrepots - Ports or cities that connect places to the rest of the urban system • Central places – trade or market towns • Sites selected for political or cultural factors

  5. Geographical Definition of cities • Cities are nodes in the circulation system • Assemble • Process • Store • Redistribute Goods people and ideas

  6. The size and wealth of a city is detrmined by • The size of the city’s hinterland or proximate trade area • The degree to which the city is connected to the global system of cities

  7. The Size and wealth of the hinterland and degree of connectivity are determined by • Circulation ( transportation and communication technology • Industrial technology • Information technology • Resources in hinterland - resources are cultural achievement

  8. Innovation waves and urbanization

  9. Early settlement was focused on river ports, fords and waterpower sites for mills

  10. Ferry Over Rum River.ca. 1860

  11. Mississippi River and bridge, Anoka.ca. 1905

  12. Ramsey Mill on Vermillion River in Hastings

  13. Vermillion Falls and Mill

  14. Dam on the Rum River at Anoka.1894

  15. Champlin Mill on the Mississippi River, Anoka.ca. 1910

  16. Lincoln Mill, Anoka, Minnesotaca. 1890

  17. The Washburn Mill Companyposter 1889

  18. Twin City Milk ProducersAssociation creamery at Anoka10/1/1929

  19. Lamberton Stockyard and packing plant

  20. Flax mill at Windom

  21. Corn and Potato Palace, Anoka.1907

  22. Most towns in Minnesota were plated on the rail lines

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