PIONEER
LINKS |
KidsKonnect
Unit Resources: Wild
West |
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Daily
Life and Transportation |
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| Frequently
asked questions and answers |
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| A
diagram and description of covered wagons |
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| World-wide
events from 1841-1866 |
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| Buried
alive, weird wagons, $100 water, games with buffalo dung... |
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| Four
to six months of burned bread and sleeping on the ground |
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| View
historical photographs that show Pioneer life |
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| Read
the text from the Homestead Act of 1862 |
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| Explore building a sod house, finding water, battling harsh weather... | |
| Our Story in History: Imagine that you are a settler on the prairie... | |
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| Journals,
Diaries, and Letters |
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| First-hand accounts of the trail experience | |
| Accounts of the trail experience written many years later | |
| Diaries, letter, journals of the early nineteenth century mountain man | |
| Story, maps, and travel logs | |
| Lewis and Clark and more... | |
| Biographical dictionary | |
| Read about travel from Saline County, MO to San Jose, CA in 1852 | |
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| Places |
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From
St. Louis to Oregon City, more than two dozen sites to visit |
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Leaving
home forever and you can't take everything along |
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| Hardships
and Medicine |
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| Journal entries from the trail | |
| Cholera, diptheria, typhoid fever... | |
| Treatment for scorpions stings | |
| Treatment for snake bites | |
| Typical Pioneer treatments for disease and sickness | |
| They walked barefoot, no bathing... | |
| Facts about the transmission and symptoms of this disease | |
| Facts about another common Pioneer disease | |
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| Supplies,
Animals, Clothing, Food and Activities |
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| What to pack? What did it cost? How much do I need? | |
| Horse? Mule? Oxen? Which was best? | |
| Food on the frontier | |
| Recipes | |
| Use the search box to see examples of Pioneer supplies and tools | |
| Catalog provides examples of clothing and accessories | |
| Pioneer children's clothing and accessories by Calico Annie | |
| Pioneer clothing for children by Sew-a-thon | |
| What did children do before TV and video games? | |
| How many ways can you use a buffalo? | |
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