frontier and pioneer life

In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River and settle in what would later become Indiana.

After traveling from Connecticut to Ohio in 1800 to start a new life in the settlement of Aurora, the Sheldons find that they are the first family to arrive there and realize that they will be starting a new community by themselves.

Blue celebrates his seventh birthday traveling west with his family in a Conestoga wagon along the Cumberland Road.

On the first Christmas after Eleanor's family moves to a house on the prairie, everyone becomes worried when Papa goes out to cut down a Christmas tree and does not come back.

In continued adventures, May-May and Rose take their traveling road show to more audiences.

When her family moves from Boston to California in 1847, Araminta and her paintbox become separated, but through a series of new owners, the paintbox finds its way to California.

Laura Ingalls shares adventures and good times with her friends while growing up on the western frontier.

Uses the story of a young girl and her family to describe life on a small farm in Minnesota in the nineteenth century.

Provides a look at the history and importance of one particular frontier fort in Minnesota and describes what life was like for its inhabitants.

Discusses the lives of two children whose family settled on the frontier in what is now South Dakota, describing their home, clothes, food, and daily activities.