the urbanization of minnesota: connecting geography and history
DESCRIPTION
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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and
History
David A Lanegran PhD
Macalester College
![Page 2: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
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
![Page 3: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Development of cities in Minnesota
• Selection of sites for urban development
• Nature of city plans
• Effect of technology on development of cities
![Page 4: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
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
![Page 5: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Geographical Definition of cities
• Cities are nodes in the circulation system– Assemble – Process– Store– Redistribute
Goods people and ideas
![Page 6: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
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
![Page 7: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
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
![Page 8: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Innovation waves and urbanization
![Page 9: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Early settlement was focused on river ports, fords and waterpower sites for mills
![Page 15: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Ferry Over Rum River.ca. 1860
![Page 16: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Mississippi River and bridge, Anoka.ca. 1905
![Page 17: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Ramsey Mill on Vermillion River in Hastings
![Page 20: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Vermillion Falls and Mill
![Page 21: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Dam on the Rum River at Anoka.1894
![Page 22: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Champlin Mill on the Mississippi River, Anoka.ca. 1910
![Page 23: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Lincoln Mill, Anoka, Minnesotaca. 1890
![Page 24: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
The Washburn Mill Companyposter 1889
![Page 25: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
![Page 26: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
![Page 27: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
![Page 28: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
![Page 29: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
![Page 30: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
![Page 31: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
![Page 32: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
![Page 33: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
![Page 34: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Twin City Milk Producers Association creamery at Anoka
10/1/1929
![Page 35: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
![Page 36: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
![Page 37: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
![Page 38: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Lamberton Stockyard and packing plant
![Page 39: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
![Page 40: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
![Page 41: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Flax mill at Windom
![Page 42: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Corn and Potato Palace, Anoka.1907
![Page 43: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Most towns in Minnesota were plated on the rail lines
![Page 44: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
![Page 45: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
![Page 46: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
![Page 47: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
![Page 48: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
![Page 49: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
![Page 50: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
![Page 51: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
![Page 52: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
![Page 53: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
![Page 54: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
![Page 55: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
![Page 56: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
![Page 57: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
![Page 58: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
![Page 59: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
![Page 60: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
![Page 61: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
![Page 62: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
![Page 63: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
![Page 64: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
![Page 65: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
![Page 66: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
![Page 67: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
![Page 68: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
Preston courthouse square plan
![Page 69: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
![Page 70: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
Itasca vs Albert Lea
![Page 71: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
State Capitol
• St Paul’s early size and political power secured function which has gained importance over time.
![Page 72: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
St. Paul looking toward State Capitol.
1857
![Page 73: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
View of St. Paul showing second Capitol building.ca. 1890
![Page 74: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
State Capitol.ca. 1905
![Page 75: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
Leif Erikson Statue Dedication, St. Paul10/9/1949
![Page 76: The Urbanization of Minnesota: Connecting Geography and History](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022070405/56813c9d550346895da6491c/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
Merriam Parkca. 1886