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Chronicling the Life and death of a Town

Chronicling the Life and death of a Town. Using the five themes of Geography. Paxton is at what Location?. Growth as a result of Movement. Paxton was the site Of a crossroads between Two Indian trails. Ft. Bennett to Ft. Kearney. Rosebud to Ft. Randall. Movement patterns changed.

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Chronicling the Life and death of a Town

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  1. Chronicling the Life and death of a Town Using the five themes of Geography

  2. Paxton is at what Location?

  3. Growth as a result of Movement Paxton was the site Of a crossroads between Two Indian trails Ft. Bennett to Ft. Kearney Rosebud to Ft. Randall

  4. Movement patterns changed • In anticipation of a rail site Paxton was born in 1908 People settled by horse and wagon Cars soon came later

  5. PlaceWhat was Paxton like ? Dirt streets, horses and buggies and a few cars in1913

  6. Wild west Town In 1911 the original Plat Shows a Saloon, Livery, Theatre, Dance Hall, Two Hotels, Post Office, Grocery Store, General Store, Black- Smith shop, and Haberdashery

  7. What region is Paxton in? Rosebud Reservation Great Plains

  8. Regions can change

  9. Human environmentalinteraction

  10. When horses were replaced by cars and tractors, liverybarns were replacedby gas stations

  11. As cars and roads improved, cities alongthe railroad replaced off rail towns What theme does this represent? With tractors replacinghorses less peoplewere needed to farm the land. What theme does thisrepresent?

  12. Today Paxton is a ghost town as a result of changesin geography It is an open field on a hill Which of the five themes influenced its doom?

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