American Pioneer Family Paper Dolls

American Pioneer Family Paper Dolls
Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486290352

Step back into the mid-19th century with the rugged charm of this paper doll family of pioneers. Nine dolls come with 36 costumes for work and play — buckskins, calico frocks, cowboy outfits, and more — plus a cutout of a covered wagon. An introduction and notes offer descriptive details.

American Pioneers and Patriots

American Pioneers and Patriots
Author: Caroline Emerson
Publisher: Christian Liberty Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005-09-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781932971514

American Pioneers & Patriots will allow your 3rd and 4th grade students to explore America's past through the fictional accounts of typical pioneer families. Young patriots of today will gain an appreciation of the courage it took to build this great nation of ours!

Pioneer Family

Pioneer Family
Author: Michel Oesterreicher
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1996-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0817307834

Early one morning in 1925, Hugie fell in love with a tall, brown-eyed girl as he passed her place on a cattle drive. He courted this girl, Oleta Brown, with no success at first, but finally they were married in 1927. Their daughter retells their story from vivid accounts they gave of their childhood, courtship, early years of marriage, and struggles during the Great Depression.

The Frontier Trail

The Frontier Trail
Author: W. Raymond Cheek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1960
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN:

The family of Barnabas Horton, Puritans who suffered the indignities of religious intolerance and persecution in England, sailed for America in 1635 on the ship, Swallow. In America they met and coped with all the challenges of frontier life, as they journeyed from New England to Virginia, then further west to Indiana, Kansas, and Indian territory. Joseph Horton, born in 1578, is believed to have been the father of Barnabas Horton. Barnabas was born in 1600 in Mousley, England. He married Anne Smith from Stanion, Northamptonshire. Two sons, Joseph (b.1626) and Benjamin (b.1627) were born to them. Anne died shortly after the birth of Benjamin. Barnabas married a second wife, Mary. The family sailed to Hampton, Massachusetts and built their first home. Barnabas died in 1680. His descendants married into the families of Goodknight, Lydy, Stepp, Feearnow, and Cheek.

The Prairie Traveler

The Prairie Traveler
Author: Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher: New York, Harper
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1859
Genre: History
ISBN:

How to survive on the trails to California and Oregon: food, wagon train management, pack animals, bivouacs, Indian fighting, hunting, etc.

A Pioneer Schooley Family

A Pioneer Schooley Family
Author: Mrs May (Schooley) Ivey
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019353844

This book is a genealogy of the Schooley family, one of the earliest pioneer families to settle in Kansas. It provides a detailed account of the family's history, from their arrival in the area in the mid-19th century to their many accomplishments and contributions to the community. The book offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of early settlers in the American West, and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in genealogy or local history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion
Author: Annette Whipple
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1641601698

Eager young readers can now discover and experience Laura Ingalls Wilder's books like never before. Author Annette Whipple encourages children to engage in pioneer activities while thinking deeper about the Ingalls and Wilder families as portrayed in the nine Little House books. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion provides brief introductions to each Little House book, chapter-by-chapter story guides, and "Fact or Fiction" sidebars, plus 75 activities, crafts, and recipes that encourage kids to "Live Like Laura" using easy-to-find supplies. Thoughtful questions help the reader develop appreciation and understanding of Wilder's stories. Every aspiring adventurer will enjoy this walk alongside Laura from the big woods to the golden years.

America's Greatest Pioneer Family

America's Greatest Pioneer Family
Author: Ira Thomas Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1945
Genre:
ISBN:

"John Shrode, the father of all the Shrodes of this branch, was a very prominent man in the early colonial days of Pennsylvania. He served in the Revoloutionary War ... was an Indian fighter, and an outstanding pioneer. There are no records of his birth and death. We know he married an Irish girl, but do not know her name. ... It is thought that John Shrode and his two brothers, Jacob and Henry came to America in about 1761 or 1762"--Page 139. John settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania prior to 1789. The names of his parents are unknow. "It is family tradition that ... they were an aristocrat family and ruled over a feudal state in Germany in what is now called Alsace-Lorraine. Their feudal estate was located on the Rhine River."--Page 138. Descendants and relatives lived Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Nebraska, Montana, Arizona and elsewhere.

Berdine & Snodgrass: An American Pioneer Family

Berdine & Snodgrass: An American Pioneer Family
Author: Tom Lowe
Publisher: Robertson Publishing
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2019-11-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781611702927

The Berdine and Snodgrass Families Bona Fide American Pioneers Author and genealogist Tom Lowe traces his maternal side of the family in this book, with his roots originating in northern and western Europe, and Iroquois American Indian roots originating along the New York-Pennsylvania border. This book is a detailed account of Tom's ancestors' settlement of America beginning in the 17th Century, who first settled along the Eastern Seaboard, eventually winding up in the foothills and mountains of West Virginia and Southwest Pennsylvania. A retired high school history teacher and still active historian, Lowe incorporates historical detail into the biographies of his pioneering and salt-of-the-earth ancestors. Contained in these pages are stories of New Sweden, Revolutionary War soldiers, Seneca Indians, Quaker settlers along the Delaware Valley and German settlers in German Valley, N.J., Scots-Irish farmers, log cabins, Daniel Boone, and Civil War soldiers, not to mention murderers, burglars, and other social misfits who add spice to the mix.

A Pioneer Sampler

A Pioneer Sampler
Author: Barbara Greenwood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780395883938

The Robertsons are a pioneer family living on a backwoods farm in 1840. After a hard winter, welcome signs of spring also mean new chores: making maple syrup, planting crops, and shearing sheep. Weaving together fiction and fact, Barbara Greenwood tells stories about the Robertsons as she describes the daily tasks of pioneer cooking, slaughtering hogs, and operating a grist mill. Readers follow the Robertsons through the year learning what it was like-to attend school, make butter, or tell time by the sun-by participating in many of the activities. A Pioneer Sampler is an informative and engaging introduction to the world of the pioneers. Book jacket.