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Starting Small in Lincoln County
Changes on the Farm
Thinking Big in Lincoln County
The Railroad: Friend or Foe?
100
He helped set up the farm by breaking the sod
Who is John Tainter?
100

What types of work do the men do on the farm?

They plow, plant, harvest, repair buildings, care for animals, and carpentry.

100

This is one of the easiest crops to cultivate and was the cash crop of the 1860s and 1870s.

What is wheat?

100

What is a land speculator?

Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk

100
In the late 1800s, the arrival of this in a small town was an important event
What is the arrival of the railroad?
200
She helped set up the farm by managing the household
Who is Sarah Tainter?
200

What types of work do the women do on the farm?

They cook, do laundry, make soap, sew and mend clothes, and care for the children.

200

What is subsistence farming?

It produced enough food to feed themselves and trade with neighbors (usually potatoes, turnips, and corn).

200

1862 law that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years.

What is the Homestead Act?

200

What are some benefits of the railroad?

The towns were established and developed along railroads, mail traveled faster, crops were transported at a cheaper rate, and the population increased.

300
The founder of the Grange
Who is Oliver H. Kelley?
300

What types of jobs do the children do on the farm?

They carry firewood, carry well water, weed the garden, gather eggs, bring in the cows and help in the fields.

300

What is diversified farming?

Growing enough to make a profit and feed family. Produce a variety of crops and livestock.

300

What are ways a settler could get a homestead?

They could settle on public land without permission and later buy the claim, government programs granted free land to soldiers, the Homestead Act, or buy land directly from the railroads or speculators.

300

What are some disadvantages of the railroad?

It started charging more for shipping and increasing the freight rates.

400
Known as the "Empire Builder"
Who is James J. Hill?
400
By squashing them, capturing them with nets, trapping them in tar, burning the fields, and by praying.
How did the farmers fight the grasshopper plagues?
400
An organization formed to buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.
What are cooperatives?
400

How did land speculators make money?

They tried to predict which land would be valuable, then bought it, and resold it at a higher price.

400

They sometimes cheated farmers by saying their grain wasn't worth as much as it was.

Who are the railroad (company) inspectors?

500
He made a large profit by buying and selling land.
Who is Louis Fertile?
500
DAILY DOUBLE These roots were thick, and protected the rich soil below them.
What are prairie sod roots?
500

What did they do at the Grange meetings?

These educated farmers on farming techniques, marketing, and equipment; offered farmers a social outlet and allowed women to be members; helped farmers create cooperatives and pressed legislature to regulate the railroad

500

DAILY DOUBLE On September 16, 1879, this village in Lincoln County was talking excitedly among themselves because the railroad had reached them and the first train had arrived.

What is Lake Benton?

500

What is the number of bathrooms in the James J. Hill mansion?

13