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

2. Life in the Big Woods

3. Pioneer Life

6. Buffalo Fish

9. Little Mountain?

10. = Monticello

11. Mississippi River Dock 1880s

12. Mississippi Steam Boats 1880s

13. Log-jam in Mississippi 1880s

14. Logs in Mississippi

15. Log Drivers

17. Sawmills

18. Wright Countys Population 1855 504 1860 3,729 1870 9,457 1880 18,104

19. Wright County 1880

20. 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

21. 1880 Hypothesis Look at previous list of settlement factors from 1850s. Will the same factors be important? Do your selections have things in common? EXPLAIN your reasons (dont make lists) Rivers? (which one, what will it be used for)