Download or read book The History of an American Pioneer Family Volume One Ancestors of Jay L Smith written by Leo Jay Smith and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Smith family name is common, the story of this Smith family is anything but common. This history begins with the ancestors that arrived in the British Colonies of North America in the early 1600's. The majority of the book is made up of the biographies of five generations of the family that are primarily based on first and second hand sources. Some memories are quoted in the text to give a personal perspective. The direct line ancestors of family were expelled from Nauvoo, Illinois in 1846 with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They faced great hardship crossing the planes and then had to establish homes in the wilderness. The suffering and dedication of those people is inspirational. This family played a significant role in the settlement of the community of Daniel in Heber Valley, Utah. The accounts go up to the 1980's.
Download or read book The History of an American Pioneer Family written by Leo Jay Smith and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Pioneer Family Paper Dolls written by Tom Tierney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book American Pioneers and Patriots written by Caroline Emerson and published by Christian Liberty Press. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion written by Annette Whipple and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The History of an American Pioneer Family written by Leo Jay Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in this series introduces the author's maternal ancestors, who were among the first to settle on the East Coast of North America. More than half of the Mortimores lived in the New England colonies, with some arriving on the Mayflower. Many participated in the American Revolution. Relying mostly on historical documents, the author pieces together a story that spans more than a century in the life of the Mortimore family as they migrated from the East Coast through the Northwest Territory and eventually settled in Iowa. You'll meet larger-than-life characters like Jack Mortimore, who left his family for three years with no explanation and returned to complain about how they'd run things while he was gone. You'll thrill to the courage of heroes such as Rachel Combs, the midwife who let nothing get in the way of helping the women who needed her-not even a bear in her path. And you will be delighted by everyday eccentrics like Jim Mortimore, who was very proud of his job as skunk controller for the town of Saratoga, Wyoming. Soldiers, pioneers, farmers, artisans, visionaries-the story of the Mortimore family is the story of this country's courage and curiosity, making this book a treasure for anyone interested in America's westward expansion.
Download or read book The Prairie Traveler written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Up in Pioneer America 1800 to 1890 written by Judith Pinkerton Josephson and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what life was like for young people moving to and living on the western frontier.
Download or read book America s Greatest Pioneer Family written by Ira Thomas Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book Berdine Snodgrass An American Pioneer Family written by Tom Lowe and published by Robertson Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Pioneer Sampler written by Barbara Greenwood and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Pioneers written by David G. McCullough and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler's son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent figure in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as trees of a size never imagined, floods, fires, wolves, bears, even an earthquake, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough's subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments."--Dust jacket.
Download or read book A History of an American Pioneer Family written by Wesley Little and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Littell or Little, was born in about 1700. He was probably born in Britain and later emigrated to Kent County, Delaware. He moved to Beaufort County, North Carolina in about 1728. He married and had four known sons, John, James, George and Josiah. Thomas died in 1764. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, Indiana, Kansas and Oklahoma. Includes Holland, Pangrac, Williams and related families.
Download or read book A Pioneer Schooley Family written by Mrs May (Schooley) Ivey and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book German Pioneers on the American Frontier written by Andreas Reichstein and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilhelm Wagner (1803-1877), son of Peter Wagner, was born in Dürkheim, Germany. He married Friedericke Odenwald (1812-1893). They had nine children. They emigrated and settled in Illinois. His brother, Julius Wagner (1816-1903) married Emilie M. Schneider (1820-1896). They had seven children. They emigrated and settled in Texas.
Download or read book Skookum written by Shannon Applegate and published by Beech Tree Paperback Book. This book was released on 1988 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Skookum' is the startlingly original narrative rendering of the experiences of a prominent westering family from 1843 to the present. The remarkable story of the Applegate family encompasses many of the predominant themes of the early American West: the overland crossing via the old Oregon Tail in 1843, the quirky restlessness of Applegate men who, after reaching the 'promised land,' permitted their travel- worn families to rest only for a while, the effects of the intermit- tent gold rushes that continued to upset family lifre long after 1849, the troubled relations between the settler and the Indian ... Shannon Applegate is interested not only in what happemned to her family, but in what it meant to them. How did it feel to be a mother witnessing the death of her child on the way to Oregon, or to be a settler's son watching his Indian friends and old playmates rounded up in the dead of winter and marched off to the reserves? What did it do to the course of a young woman's life when she learned that her father has scratched her name from the family Bible? What sort of world was it where an old blue sugar bowl filled with gold dust could be unconcernedly set out in plain sight?"--From paper dustcover.
Download or read book The Bone and Sinew of the Land written by Anna-Lisa Cox and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-hidden stories of America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for the heart of the nation When black settlers Keziah and Charles Grier started clearing their frontier land in 1818, they couldn't know that they were part of the nation's earliest struggle for equality; they were just looking to build a better life. But within a few years, the Griers would become early Underground Railroad conductors, joining with fellow pioneers and other allies to confront the growing tyranny of bondage and injustice. The Bone and Sinew of the Land tells the Griers' story and the stories of many others like them: the lost history of the nation's first Great Migration. In building hundreds of settlements on the frontier, these black pioneers were making a stand for equality and freedom. Their new home, the Northwest Territory--the wild region that would become present-day Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin--was the first territory to ban slavery and have equal voting rights for all men. Though forgotten today, in their own time the successes of these pioneers made them the targets of racist backlash. Political and even armed battles soon ensued, tearing apart families and communities long before the Civil War. This groundbreaking work of research reveals America's forgotten frontier, where these settlers were inspired by the belief that all men are created equal and a brighter future was possible. Named one of Smithsonian's Best History Books of 2018
