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Cities of the Midwest
David A Lanegran
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What are these cities like and why are the located where they are?
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Midwest is home to part of Manufacturing belt
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Midwest and corn belt are closely related so many cities have agricultural base
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Two aspects of location
• SiteThe internal aspect of a place
physical landscape
local culture population
density
• SituationHow a place is connected
to other placesTransportation communication
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Definition of cities
• Cities are nodes in circulation systems• Cities – Assemble– Process– Store– Redistribute GOODS PEOPLE AND IDEAS
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Size and wealth of city is determined by
• The degree to which the city is connected to the global system of cities
• The size and wealth of the city’s hinterland or proximate trade area
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Types of cities
• Fortress• Ports ( sea, lake,& river,)• Resource sites, ( mines, resorts)• Service centers for surrounding rural
population – Central Places• Industrial sites ( mills - water power)• Political or cultural, ( capitals, pilgrimage
locations)
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Midwest developed during steamboat and early railroad era
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Two Types of water locations
• Ports on rivers and lake– St Louis– Minneapolis– Cleveland– Cincinnati– Chicago– Detroit
• Capitals on Rivers– Jefferson City– Pierre– Dickinson– St Paul
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National Road or Cumberland Road 1811-1839
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National road
• Open interior to settlement and trade• Connect Baltimore to St Louis• Stopped and Vandalia when it was capital of
Illinois• Planned to go through St Louis to Jefferson
City
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Cities not on Rivers or lakes
• Capitals on National Road– Columbus– Indianapolis
• Other capitals sited for political reasons– Madison– Jefferson City– Lansing– Lincoln– Topeka
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Why are the largest cities in some states not also the capital cities?
• Springfield not Chicago• Columbus not Cleveland• Lansing not Detroit• Madison not Milwaukee• Jefferson City not St Louis• Topeka not Kansas City• Lincoln not Omaha
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Why are the largest cities in some states not also the capital cities?
• Capitals are some times older than largest cities. ST Paul vs.. Mpls; Columbus vs. Cleveland
• Some reflect public’s desire to separate politics from business
• Some are the results of political pressure Madison vs. Milwaukee
• Some of the largest cities grew much later Detroit than the founding
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What can we learn about cities from their nicknames?
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Ohio
Cleveland– America's North Coast– The Best Location in the
Nation– The Heart of New
Connecticut– Metropolis of the
Western Reserve– The Mistake on the Lake
• Cincinnati– The Queen City– The Queen of the West– The Blue Chip City– Porkopolis
• Columbus– Test Market, USA
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Michigan• Detroit
– America's Comeback City – Arsenal of Democracy– City of the Straits– Hitsville, USA– Hockeytown– The Motor City– Motown– The Renaissance City– America's Automotive
Capital
• Lansing
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Missouri
• St Louis
• The Arch City• Gateway to the West• The Gateway City
• Jefferson City
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
– City of Flour and Sawdust (reported in 1883)
– City of Lakes– Mill City– The Mini Apple– First City of the West
• St Paul
– Hockeytown– Saintly City
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee– A Great Place on a Great
Lake. – Brew City/Brew Town– City of Festivals.
• Madison– Mad City– Madtown
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Illinois
–Chicago
– Chi-Town– The City of the Big
Shoulders– The City That Works (by
Mayor Daley, for example)
– The Second City– The Windy City
• Springfield
– Flower city
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Indiana
–Indianapolis
– Amateur Sports Capital of the World. – Circle City– Indy.– Railroad City
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Iowa
• Des Moines
• Hartford of the West
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Kansas
• Topeka • Kansas City – Heart of America
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Nebraska
• Omaha
– 'The Big 'O' – Gateway to the West– Rare. Well Done.
• Lincoln
– Hartford of the West – Steak Capital of the
World
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North Dakota
• Dickenson• Queen City of the
Prairies
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South Dakota
• Sioux City • Pierre
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What does the lack of a nickname mean?