Early pioneers pp 4-5
Early pioneers used these two tools.
What were rifles and axes?
This number was about the least amount of wagons in a wagon train.
How much is 30?
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These can still be seen from the thousands of wagons crossing the Oregon trail.
What are deep ruts?
Animal droppings and corn cobs were used to build this.
What is a fire?
This structure, built by the sodbusters, was used to pump water from deep wells.
What is a windmill?
He got bewildered for 3 days with 30 woodsmen.
Who was Daniel Boone?
It was the year miners found gold in California.
When was 1849?
This was the name given to the elected leader of the wagon train.
For decades this area was thought to be dry for farming and so few settlers lived there.
Where is the Great Plains?
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This aspect of life was very hard to do as a pioneer, but extremely necessary.
What is farming the plains?
Kentucky,Ohio, and Tennessee were considered this area.
What was the "far west"?
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This is the amount of water 1 barrel could hold.
How much is 10 gallons?
This was the enemy on the trip west, not Native Americans as one would think...
What is TIME?
She grew up in the Midwest and wrote nine Little House Books.
Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
What was a prairie fire?
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This process caused trees to die from having a ring be cut around them.
What was girdling?
If you wanted to oil the wheels you would need this part of the wagon.
What's a grease bucket?
This people rode ahead on the trail looking for space with enough grass, water, or wood.
Who were scouts?
Pioneers began building houses out of sod called THIS, once they saw it could be sliced into bricks.
What is Nebraska Marble?
This bug chewed through pioneers' grain and leather.
What is a locust?
They blazed trails for wagons to pass through.
Who were woodsmen/
The oxen got the job of pulling the pioneer wagons for this reason.
What is easy to manage?
When was 1835 - 1855?
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With a law about building on new land, settlers didn't were confused if these measurements were in feet or inches.
What is 12 by 12?
This important tool started to be used by the sodbusters in the 1860's.
What is a steelplow?