We don’t have much info on the years 1700 to 1750 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Back then, Leith was a major hub for goods and passengers coming and going from Scotland. It was a launching point, facilitated international trade for both goods and people, and had a connection to a wider Atlantic economy.
Industrial development was sugar boiling and rum distilling enterprises.
Rural setting for land known as Leith Links, where cattle and livestock were herded for grazing.
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We don’t have much info on the years 1700 to 1750 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Back then, Leith was a major hub for goods and passengers coming and going from Scotland. It was a launching point, facilitated international trade for both goods and people, and had a connection to a wider Atlantic economy.
Industrial development was sugar boiling and rum distilling enterprises.
Rural setting for land known as Leith Links, where cattle and livestock were herded for grazing.
Church
David Mitchell jr. (David Mitchell and his wife Elizabeth Thompson – Mitchell brought their entire family over at the same time in 1853. The family took a steamer named the Rockaway leaving the departmental port of Liverpool, England, on March 6, 1852. They arrived at the Port in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 25, 1852, then on to St. Anthony (this is the closest available record for that timeframe.) Andrew Mitchell, Samuel Mitchell, Nelson Mitchell all stayed in Eden Prairie and purchased land here too. Reviewing the plat maps every 10 years plots were sold and purchased, changed hands as the Village grew and farms turned into homesteads.
The village was covered by timberland in those days, and the Mitchells each cleared several hundred acres of Land. They each arrived by the same method, arriving up the Mississippi River by steamer, to Murphy Landings. From there they climbed by horse and buggy, the steep dirt bumpy and muddy roads into Eden Prairie, where they would be selecting and staking their claims. David settled on a homestead on the shore of Mitchell’s lake, Eden Prairie MN. He later sold that land to the Miller brothers Fred & John in 1870.