Ice Harvesting Crews, ca. 1945

Pathways

• Farm Women
• Farmers and Farm Life
• Early Teachers
• Working Women
• The Iowa Pioneer Experience

Media Artifacts

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  Immigrants Flock to Iowa
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  Why Move to Iowa?
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  Come to Iowa
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  Pioneers Travel in Groups
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  Early Travelers Face Danger
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  Pioneers Leave Civilization
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  Fence Making on the Frontier
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  Prairie Fires on the Frontier

Web Sites

• History of the Mississippi River Valley
• Nation's first "campers"-the pioneers who migrated west by covered wagon train in the early to late 1800s
• Pioneers had to make all the thread they required for their clothing, draperies, sheets, towels and any other cloth needs.
• Description of a day in the life of a pioneer woman
• Transcription of useful household recipes for four-legged critters from Mrs. Owens Cook Book published in 1886
• Transcription of useful household recipes for fowl and frogs from Mrs. Owens Cook Book published in 1886
• Description of life of pioneers living in a log cabin, preparing meals, housekeeping, and farming
• Woman's diary transcript from the early 1860's describing pioneer farm life, household chores, planting and harvesting crops, illnesses and travel