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the frontierFrontier teachermining townsErickman's RestaurantCreek NationChristmas Log Cabin Supperdime novelsFrontier blizzardsBat MastersonMadame MoustacheHenry Plummerblizzard of 1886frontier power sourceDoolin GangMattie SilksDora HandBodieMornon Stationpioneer ladies of the eveningSioux ConfederacywindmillsSan Francisco hotelNorthern Pacific Railroadfrontier diseasesOld West Mining HistoryJudge Roy BeanSiouxSoonersduck populationsocial distinction on the frontierpioneer communitieswomen pioneerssoddiesVigilante JusticeAlbert BothwellKindle BooksWestward MigrationGeneral CusterFort Bentongathering buffalo skeletonspioneer travelearly pioneer settlementsUS CurrencySan Francisco criminals in 1800'sLittle Big Hornpioneersfires on the frontierold names of frontier townsCattle drivesLegends of the Wild WestmuleBattle of IngallsSupreme Court Judge David S Terryfrontier hailstormsfrontier mealsIndian steroetypesPresident GarfieldMontanaRuebentimber claimsMorrill Education Act 1862track towns of the westHistory of US CurrencyGrasshopper Creeksilver mining in ArizonaDenver DuelsNew MexicoNational ParksOld Westjournals of pioneer womenreaons women went westGeronimoriverboatssteamboatsMr. Cora and his mistressThe Oregon Actclipper voyages to the America WestGeorge IvesWomen on the Wild WestGold Rushfrontier women's groupsChimney Rockcultural difference on the frontierVerona Baldwinlaundanumfashion on the frontierBig Nosed Katie FisherAmerican pioneersgrasshopper plowcattle ranchesOld West Theaterlegend of TombstoneBret Hartefrontier womenCattle Kate WatsonFrench Dinner MenuGodey's Lady's Bookwomen's journalswomen's lobbying on frontierSan FranciscoThe James Gangwagon trailBaldwin Hotellouisiana purchseNorthwestLocust plaguesParamintJack Sladefrontier cookingJames J HillSupreme Court Judge Stephen J FieldComstockhttp://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)Blogger209125PioneerPieceshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-6130524547415788603Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:32:00 +00002012-01-30T17:47:34.030-05:00Native AmericansFrontier Indian SquawsNative American marriagesIndian MythsIn the beginning women tended to see Indians as contemptible objects. They could be "civilized" only the a woman's influence.  Dating back to the colonial days, the Indian stereotype was savage, heathen, barbaric and infidel. Indian women, especially seemed to fit into the white's man mold...dressed in deerskin, moccasins, ankle and wrist bracelets, jewelry, and of course crowned with a head of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/a0U9D6Cmwp0/sqaw-white-man-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tqc4nPFbc0SSTYfH4NtZCNCc6N8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tqc4nPFbc0SSTYfH4NtZCNCc6N8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tqc4nPFbc0SSTYfH4NtZCNCc6N8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tqc4nPFbc0SSTYfH4NtZCNCc6N8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2012/01/sqaw-white-man-style.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-9089955758661828400Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +00002012-01-24T09:36:00.222-05:00Indian steroetypeswhite settler treatment of IndiansThe "good" Indian exhibited attractive qualities to the white settler - courteous, brave, friendly, courageous, and could be counted on to respond favorably to the hordes of white invaders who seized their lands, destroyed their food supply and murdered their people. Even though Indians demonstrated patience and invention along with high medical competence, the white man could only see their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/DpWjmdoayxQ/good-bad-and-ugly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JDfhQ_xNR-Jr80JqiLPH39l1Wh8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JDfhQ_xNR-Jr80JqiLPH39l1Wh8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JDfhQ_xNR-Jr80JqiLPH39l1Wh8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JDfhQ_xNR-Jr80JqiLPH39l1Wh8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-bad-and-ugly.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-8859293588318798299Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:19:00 +00002012-01-20T14:19:00.242-05:00Native Americansdime novelsIndian Tall TalesIndian stereotypesSo, where did the tall tales and stereotypes of the Native Americans come from? 19th century "captivity narratives" were told and exaggerated into lore and legend that told the story of heroic American settlers.  The "good guy" was the white settler, and the "bad guy" was always the Red Man. The Indian female was always the unfortunate, exploited one who did all the work while the man fished, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/wGbpKoRSAbQ/origin-of-tall-tales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vf17vOjP9kEY5FDKw6AXdRcyBso/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vf17vOjP9kEY5FDKw6AXdRcyBso/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vf17vOjP9kEY5FDKw6AXdRcyBso/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vf17vOjP9kEY5FDKw6AXdRcyBso/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2012/01/origin-of-tall-tales.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-3592909593466982198Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:18:00 +00002012-01-16T14:18:17.139-05:00Native Americans1800's american pioneersWe've talked about the image of the Western frontier depicted by the newspapers and magazines of the time - uncivilized, immoral, dangerous - but what about the picture painted of the Native Americans in the West, the Indian, the Red Man, the Savage? Imagine for a moment that you and your family are about to set out for the open West, a new beginning, the chance to own land and experience the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/F5Z7_hT8JgM/natives-of-western-frontier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lWTiYV0HhetUBfa_o4HZh0WYihk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lWTiYV0HhetUBfa_o4HZh0WYihk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lWTiYV0HhetUBfa_o4HZh0WYihk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lWTiYV0HhetUBfa_o4HZh0WYihk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2012/01/natives-of-western-frontier.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-5765646743189212566Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:35:00 +00002012-01-08T20:35:21.922-05:00US CurrencyHistory of US CurrencyThis is very interesting... The United States One Dollar Bill. Take out a one dollar bill, and look at it.  The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design.  This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it.  It is actually material.  We've all washed it without it falling http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/g3I-08WOCgk/understanding-dollar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4lOwqqMxRVzuYaZ-lzE5ndiwE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4lOwqqMxRVzuYaZ-lzE5ndiwE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4lOwqqMxRVzuYaZ-lzE5ndiwE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4lOwqqMxRVzuYaZ-lzE5ndiwE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2012/01/understanding-dollar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-3607917552770821537Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:22:00 +00002011-12-20T11:22:01.889-05:00Pioneer ChristmasSuch a little house for such a big Holiday!  Family from far and near meet for the Christmas dinner - forgetting the hardships of this long, cold winter.  You can hear the sleigh bells jingling through the fields as they arrive so wrapped up no ones recognizes each other.  They gather around the handmade plank table, safe from the driving chilll and snow outside - the woodstove working hard to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/qLAV5a_qVSA/log-cabin-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQqie2lcTCQ8v1ztasYl4SYIo78/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQqie2lcTCQ8v1ztasYl4SYIo78/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQqie2lcTCQ8v1ztasYl4SYIo78/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQqie2lcTCQ8v1ztasYl4SYIo78/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/12/log-cabin-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-2998590506268525792Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:04:00 +00002011-10-30T13:48:03.933-04:00frontier memoriesfrontier era endsthe pioneer womanIn 1893 the pioneer era had ended in the west.  The original pioneers began to look back with memories, write memoirs, and hold reunions.  They attempted to set the frontier experience down in some perspective for future generations.  They didn't all agree on what had happened in the last 50 years, but they agreed they had made history. Women realized how strong and successful they had been in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/Op261bQjw8c/and-so-it-ends-as-it-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AAsuUi32b92X87ZNliMc3Np_FE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AAsuUi32b92X87ZNliMc3Np_FE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AAsuUi32b92X87ZNliMc3Np_FE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AAsuUi32b92X87ZNliMc3Np_FE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/and-so-it-ends-as-it-begins.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-9168445279354235709Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:51:00 +00002011-10-22T03:51:00.202-04:00Pioneer Womenwomen's votewomen's suffrageTwo of the frontier badges that women wore were Education and Suffrage. The question of suffrage in Oregon came to vote 6 times after 1859 but despite all the energy and time devoted to the issue, suffrage did not pass until 1911.  After 1867, 17 referendum on suffrage were held in 11 states and of those 11 states only 2 won victories. In Washington the suffrage bill was defeated twice in 1854 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/7X5XZbkMfsc/suffrage-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RB-t37iPMmihjy4YtSaBaczk9Kg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RB-t37iPMmihjy4YtSaBaczk9Kg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RB-t37iPMmihjy4YtSaBaczk9Kg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RB-t37iPMmihjy4YtSaBaczk9Kg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/suffrage-question.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-7162957761447451992Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:29:00 +00002011-10-17T07:29:00.504-04:00social distinction on the frontierwomen's lobbying on frontierpioneer gamblingThe lines between acceptable and non-acceptable institutions and behavior became more distinct.  Certain conventions were observed in the presence of respectable women as long as it was not socially dangerous.  Prostitutes were not allowed at church functions, fairs or balls.  Social distinction were sharpened.  Women know that gambling habits destroyed business and finances, that drinking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/5vmiiakOS7g/social-distinctions-and-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/voZdQIboLfG2NbW6p_T8jaZGRzM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/voZdQIboLfG2NbW6p_T8jaZGRzM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/voZdQIboLfG2NbW6p_T8jaZGRzM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/voZdQIboLfG2NbW6p_T8jaZGRzM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/social-distinctions-and-change.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-4651511968463969654Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:10:00 +00002011-10-13T07:10:00.936-04:00pioneer scandalsundesirables on frontierMr. Cora and his mistressWhat happened to these women "of the evening" once the gold rush was over?  Some stayed in the trade and followed the miners to the next boom town.  Some insisted they got married and lived a respectable life. Some met with violence, some disappeared into obscurity. One "Red Stocking" as she was known appeared in Colorado in 1860, supposedly boasted of a Boston heritage, seduction in Paris, and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/GDE8wIuPJSU/undesireables-have-their-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7t23YzLUIhQFEkAMwSwkkxL7nyY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7t23YzLUIhQFEkAMwSwkkxL7nyY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7t23YzLUIhQFEkAMwSwkkxL7nyY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7t23YzLUIhQFEkAMwSwkkxL7nyY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/undesireables-have-their-place.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-1982969507802309622Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:54:00 +00002011-10-09T06:54:00.193-04:00mining campspioneer ladies of the eveningSome of the first women to arrive on the mining frontier were prostitutes who profited highly from the vice and atmosphere of those rough, lawless societies.  20% of the female population in 1850 California were prostitutes and outnumbered respectable women 25 to 1.  Prostitution was considered socially acceptable in the early gold rush years and the women were treated with respect and gallantry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/sI4NVLD3ho0/mining-camp-lady-of-evening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JG7LclDJnX6Kpq6SUwS5UcIruJ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JG7LclDJnX6Kpq6SUwS5UcIruJ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JG7LclDJnX6Kpq6SUwS5UcIruJ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JG7LclDJnX6Kpq6SUwS5UcIruJ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/mining-camp-lady-of-evening.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-5635674195988152845Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:54:00 +00002011-10-05T07:54:00.551-04:00early mining womenpioneer mining womenfrontier women in AmericaTwenty years after the gold rush, only 25% of the miners had married.  Some returned home for their families and brides, then returned to begin a more lucrative career on the mining frontier, but most were single, transient men. The arrival of women was believed to be the beginning of civilization.  Augusta Kemp said "do not imagine that I want to come, for all the gold in the mines, but if you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/oWbRKgh-2vo/early-mining-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/psUtA2VojhbYBkip8dZ9NfZcXdo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/psUtA2VojhbYBkip8dZ9NfZcXdo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/psUtA2VojhbYBkip8dZ9NfZcXdo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/psUtA2VojhbYBkip8dZ9NfZcXdo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/early-mining-women.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-1624422939366698673Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:38:00 +00002011-10-01T09:38:00.119-04:00mining campspioneer communitiestransient populationMining frontiers had the following in common: * they were settled rapidly, sometimes overnight * majority were male * came from every state and even foreign countries * moved on often, temporary residents Temporary housing created fire and safety hazards and developed an urban character of merchants, saloon keepers, cooks, druggists, gamblers, and prostitutes.  Only 1/3 of California residents http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/106Fgb0cwTA/transient-mining-camps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LAOS5hEywWtA2Z-ypY5J94t-1Vc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LAOS5hEywWtA2Z-ypY5J94t-1Vc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LAOS5hEywWtA2Z-ypY5J94t-1Vc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LAOS5hEywWtA2Z-ypY5J94t-1Vc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/10/transient-mining-camps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-5571989503194202334Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:53:00 +00002011-09-29T08:53:00.161-04:00population stats in mining campsmining campspioneer statsThe discovery of gold and silver created major cities of San Francisco and Denver.  Both cities were ruled by chaos in the early days.  Buildings were two story hotels or gambling halls.  Residents lived in tents.  Since few planned to stay, long range plans for buildings was not the issue.  The size of this temporary population, like the buildings that housed them offered no stability. For http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/YCLMJsmYjw0/population-stats-in-mining-camps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0c0JcDH7cHjE1yrdXEy5hVXd5G0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0c0JcDH7cHjE1yrdXEy5hVXd5G0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0c0JcDH7cHjE1yrdXEy5hVXd5G0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0c0JcDH7cHjE1yrdXEy5hVXd5G0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/population-stats-in-mining-camps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-600903641578601839Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:26:00 +00002011-09-25T11:26:00.266-04:00gold rush feverwomen in mining campsPioneer WomenGold RushStarting in 1849 a disease called "gold rush fever" began to rule the West.  California was the first and most spectacular of the mining frontier.  From 1849 in California, to 1858 in British Columbia, to the Pacific Northwest in the 1860s, and the Black Hills of Dakota in the 1870s...miners followed the smell of gold. gold.  Women's Periodicals of the time condemned this "gold fever" because it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/53sxTiGopiM/gold-rush-fever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8fAK5d5o4pwr6YFTL3TxzFp6c0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8fAK5d5o4pwr6YFTL3TxzFp6c0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8fAK5d5o4pwr6YFTL3TxzFp6c0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8fAK5d5o4pwr6YFTL3TxzFp6c0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/gold-rush-fever.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-3497494750557092517Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-09-21T09:00:11.380-04:00frontier neighborsfrontier settlementsearly pioneer townsearly pioneer settlementsFrontier women seldom viewed themselves as extraordinary - they expected to labor hard and long in the frontier life.  Kate Robins wrote in her journal "A woman who can not endure almost as much as a horse has no business here, as there is no such thing as help"  Help was too far away for it to be a daily "go-next-door" kind of help.  There were barn raisings, harvesting with neighbors, but http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/UfY_xJehO6c/like-good-neighbor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dPiHbpbfaxxiMgGjtB4EYzxQxQw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dPiHbpbfaxxiMgGjtB4EYzxQxQw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dPiHbpbfaxxiMgGjtB4EYzxQxQw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dPiHbpbfaxxiMgGjtB4EYzxQxQw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/like-good-neighbor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-7442775616067884492Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:32:00 +00002011-09-17T09:32:00.231-04:00women's charity groups on the frontierwomen's relief organizationspioneer women's groupsIn 1853, the San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society was established when a woman, lost and alone, appeared at a respectable woman's door seeking refuge.  Her brother, who was supposed to meet her at the steamer earlier, had never shown up and she had no where to turn and no one to help.  The Ladies' Protection and Relief  Society was formed to "render protection and assistance to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/MtL-Kx4egkI/ladies-society-groups.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FvsWVgUBqkNtnwJRhbqy2D-tR88/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FvsWVgUBqkNtnwJRhbqy2D-tR88/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FvsWVgUBqkNtnwJRhbqy2D-tR88/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FvsWVgUBqkNtnwJRhbqy2D-tR88/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/ladies-society-groups.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-8046074787403487828Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:15:00 +00002011-09-13T08:15:00.705-04:00Pioneer Womenchurches on the frontierfrontier churchesFrontier women soon instituted Sunday school, recruited students, taught those classes, and even attended regional conferences to report their progress.  Prayer meeting were held each week.  Women held fund raisers, and raised financial aid to support their churches, giving the women a sense of power in their new frontier communities.  One St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oregon City begged their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/eK1rN2KpxFE/church-bells-ring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CLV4bJ0PSJayspV1MGgt-OpXCm4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CLV4bJ0PSJayspV1MGgt-OpXCm4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CLV4bJ0PSJayspV1MGgt-OpXCm4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CLV4bJ0PSJayspV1MGgt-OpXCm4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/church-bells-ring.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-6915150099361336742Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:47:00 +00002011-09-08T13:07:17.491-04:00frontier religionchurches on the frontierwomen pioneersThe Houston Morning Start reported "It is a source of much astonishment and of considerable severe complaint that while we have a theatre, a courthouse, a jail, and even a capitol in Houston,  we have not one single church"  It was difficult to keep building churches and congregations as the pioneers moved west. According to recorded statistics, women were much more likely to be part of a churchhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/JYkYUjzisPY/women-of-faith-makes-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MiQ1fXx-XCIoagJLJPTign2ctig/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MiQ1fXx-XCIoagJLJPTign2ctig/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MiQ1fXx-XCIoagJLJPTign2ctig/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MiQ1fXx-XCIoagJLJPTign2ctig/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/women-of-faith-makes-change.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-843451025206289982Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:34:00 +00002011-09-04T10:34:00.220-04:00Morrill Education Act 1862women's education historyPioneer Womenfrontier collegesThe Morrill Act of 1862 provided federal lands to initiate a system of public higher education.  Since there were few secondary schools in existence on the frontier, there were  not enough qualified students of either sex to apply.  Only two colleges in Kansas were for women. By the 1890s schools in Kansas, Oregon and South Dakota had curriculum for females, but not for entering a career - for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/MelGw0PY_l8/morrill-act-of-1862.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9yr2NjQvTOoQNYyrBDwp7fGfG4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9yr2NjQvTOoQNYyrBDwp7fGfG4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9yr2NjQvTOoQNYyrBDwp7fGfG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9yr2NjQvTOoQNYyrBDwp7fGfG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/09/morrill-act-of-1862.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-6758726536543390607Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:09:00 +00002011-08-27T08:09:00.227-04:001895 8th grade examRemember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Selina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Selina, KS, and reprinted by the Selina http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/JaEIrBD0nMQ/8th-grade-exam-from-1800s.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)3 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McBsq-_n3Iwe1zA47Vbpd__aFag/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McBsq-_n3Iwe1zA47Vbpd__aFag/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McBsq-_n3Iwe1zA47Vbpd__aFag/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McBsq-_n3Iwe1zA47Vbpd__aFag/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/08/8th-grade-exam-from-1800s.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-6998141783752712867Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:01:00 +00002011-08-22T12:01:00.218-04:00women teachersfrontier womenFor all its frustrations, teaching seemed to offer proof to women that their civilizing mission to society was succeeding.   It was certainly a satisfying career for a single frontier woman, and helped women have options other than just marriage.  An increasing number of them chose to teach first, marry second. Frontier women in general, whether nurses, seamstresses, clerks, domestics, even http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/sFkj01EmW6c/proof-of-civilization.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lp5qDo-FSkmt-FjxwmlTIpo9ONk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lp5qDo-FSkmt-FjxwmlTIpo9ONk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lp5qDo-FSkmt-FjxwmlTIpo9ONk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lp5qDo-FSkmt-FjxwmlTIpo9ONk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/08/proof-of-civilization.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-6542988611831640167Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +00002011-08-18T09:56:00.615-04:00Pioneer TeachingTeaching Rules on the FrontierOne Room SchoolhousesHaving taught school, I am grateful for that these days were long behind us :) Some are terribly out-dated, but several still make good value sense today, over 140 years later. I purchased these several years ago (along with a slate pencil and slate board) while in St. Augustine touring the oldest wooden schoolhouse. 1. Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimneys.  2. Each Teacher will http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/5_hj0uJKZP8/rules-for-teachers-in-1872.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nn3AIDlhnvf-btxpeoIqEoYAf3w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nn3AIDlhnvf-btxpeoIqEoYAf3w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nn3AIDlhnvf-btxpeoIqEoYAf3w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nn3AIDlhnvf-btxpeoIqEoYAf3w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/08/rules-for-teachers-in-1872.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-8569883327311213275Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:44:00 +00002011-08-15T11:44:01.093-04:00frontier educationone room schoolhousespioneer teachingFrontier teacherFrom movies and nostalgia we get think of education in a one room schoolhouse as great education...it was not.  Imagine yourself being a first term teacher meeting a class of 28 students with 7 children between the ages of 5 and 7, 13 children between the ages of 10-14, 4 students between the ages of 15-20 and 4 more between the ages of 20-29!  Some can read, most can not, or read at several http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/vQkynKc-FKI/one-room-schoolhouse-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sq1V6uTp-j0JD8Qe_EWJrpJpIA0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sq1V6uTp-j0JD8Qe_EWJrpJpIA0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sq1V6uTp-j0JD8Qe_EWJrpJpIA0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sq1V6uTp-j0JD8Qe_EWJrpJpIA0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/08/one-room-schoolhouse-education.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752039141173585430.post-5704261956392717750Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:37:00 +00002011-08-11T11:37:00.344-04:00pioneer teachersfrontier teachersfrontier school teachersfrontier life in American historyTeaching was not an easy job - teachers usually boarded with members of the school board, dealt with constant surveillance in and out of the school, and the need to prove themselves both competent and of good character. They suffered poor food, poor quarters, and were even assigned chores for the living arrangements provided for them. Women began to hate their situation.  As one Iowa woman saidhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PioneerPieces/~3/Q0Zyb2SZFTE/plight-of-frontier-teacher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Chamberlain)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WnfM9cFqxhp9w3iGPs7zAWr8Q4o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WnfM9cFqxhp9w3iGPs7zAWr8Q4o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WnfM9cFqxhp9w3iGPs7zAWr8Q4o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WnfM9cFqxhp9w3iGPs7zAWr8Q4o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://pioneerpieces6.blogspot.com/2011/08/plight-of-frontier-teacher.html