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Local Geography: Wright County in 1850

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)

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Local Geography: Wright County in 1850

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  1. Local Geography:Wright County in 1850 Grade 8 Buffalo Community Middle School Fall 2008

  2. Silas Wright New York Statesman

  3. CLEARWATER Wright County 1850s MONTICELLO ROCKFORD

  4. Wright County’s Earliest Settlements 1852 MONTICELLO (Mortzious) 1854 CLEARWATER (El Dorado) 1855 ROCKFORD (Big Rock)

  5. Common Transportation

  6. Common Transportation

  7. The “Big Woods”

  8. Clearing the “Big Woods”

  9. Prairie = Advantages

  10. Prairie = Advantages

  11. Easy Transportation:Mississippi River

  12. Mississippi River

  13. Crow River

  14. Crow River

  15. Water Power = Mills

  16. Water Power = Mills

  17. Water Power = Mills

  18. Water Power = Mills

  19. Other Sources of Power

  20. CLEARWATER Wright County 1850s MONTICELLO NORTHWOOD MAPLE LAKE ST. MICHAEL’S BUFFALO COKATO ROCKFORD DELANO

  21. Wright County’s Earliest Settlements 1856 BUFFALO (Winnebago) COKATO (Moer’s Prairie) NORTHWOOD ST. MICHAEL’S MAPLE LAKE (Geneva) 1868 DELANO (Crow River Crossing)

  22. CLEARWATER Wright County 1850s MONTICELLO ANNANDALE NORTHWOOD MAPLE LAKE BUFFALO HANOVER ROCKFORD COKATO SMITH LAKE WAVERLY DELANO

  23. 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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  25. Settlement Factors(why did they settle in Wright County) • Good Farmland Especially prairies • Access to Good Timber For building materials and fuel • Easy Transportation Rivers, bridges and ferries

  26. Clearwater Ferry 2005

  27. Settlement Factors(why did they settle in Wright County) • Good Farmland Especially prairies • Access to Good Timber For building materials and fuel • Easy Transportation Rivers, bridges and ferries • Water Power Waterfalls for grist and lumber mills • Safety Open areas, nearness to neighbors

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