AN S 207 Lecture 8: ANS 207 10.17 Westward Cont.
18 Oct 2017
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Ans 207 lecture 10. 17 westward: log cabing, cleared and fenced small plots and planted corn, 1 horse, 1 cow, some hogs, settlement grows- move west, new group of settlers, cleared more land. Improved stock: 3rd group produced enough to sell, erected mills, distilleries, schools, towns, sequenced repeated over and over, some families stayed behind, went through the process themselves, other farms had multiple owners. Ohio: settlement above ohio river delayed, hay needed to keep stock over winter, first state to measure land in square miles, quarter section (1/4 sq. miles=160 miles, spanish land grant- considered geography. Midwest: ohio, sheep raising followed cattle and hogs, woolen factories, 1830- ohio looks like eastern states. Indiana: densely forested, rough and hilly, eastern markets too far, new orleans market only choice. South: new orleans outlet for trade with the west indies, migration along rivers. Northwest: willamette valley- (cid:862)agri(cid:272)ultural paradise(cid:863, oregon trail.
