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Local Geography: Wright County Approaching 1880

Explore pioneer life in Wright County as of 1880, analyzing technology and transportation impacts on settlement choices and predicting the county's three largest cities. Consider factors from the 1850s, the role of rivers, sawmills, and the Mississippi in shaping the region's growth.

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Local Geography: Wright County Approaching 1880

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  1. Local Geography:Wright County Approaching 1880 Grade 8 Buffalo Community Middle School Fall 2009

  2. Life in the “Big Woods”

  3. Pioneer Life

  4. Pioneer Life

  5. Pioneer Life

  6. Buffalo Fish

  7. Little Mountain?

  8. = Monticello

  9. Mississippi River Dock 1880s

  10. Mississippi Steam Boats 1880s

  11. Log-jam in Mississippi 1880s

  12. Logs in Mississippi

  13. Log Drivers

  14. Log Drivers

  15. Sawmills

  16. Wright County’s Population 1855 504 1860 3,729 1870 9,457 1880 18,104

  17. Wright County 1880

  18. 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

  19. 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)

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