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Covered Wagons
Life on the Trail
Misc.
Jobs
Chores
100
The Pioneers Used them to travel west.
What is Covered Wagons
100
What was one of the hardest things for pioneers as they left their homes?
What is deciding what to leave behind
100
Who was a famous pioneer?
What is Daniel Boone
100
Worked in Town and fixed horeshoes.
What is Blacksmith
100
The kids often do this in the morning, it is used throughout the day, and it comes from a fresh spring or a well.
What is getting water
200
The part of the wagon that turned the wheels.
What is axle
200
What was one difficulty they might encounter on the trail?
What broken wheel, sickness, bad weather, snakes, no food, or water
200
Why did pioneers travel westward
What is sense of adventure, more land, religious freedom, gold
200
Used cows, oxen, scythe, and chickens.
What is Farmer
200
A chore that required being in a stall and cleaning. (Not to mention boots!)
What is cleaning stalls
300
a kind of wagon that "sailed" across the prairie
What is prarie schooner
300
How did they travel together?
What is a caravan or wagon train
300
When there was no wood for fire what did they use?
What is buffalo chips
300
Required a Rifle.
What is Hunter
300
This chore had to be done at the same time every day in the barn.
What is milking cows
400
The white part of the wagon that covered the curved wooden frame.
What is canvas
400
Who lead the wagons
What is a wagon master
400
What were two things they saw for the first time on the trail?
What are buffalo and prairie dogs
400
These people worked for gold and were called the 49ers.
What is miner
400
The mom did it once a week, so the children and her husband would be clean.
What is washing clothes
500
What usually pulled the wagons?
What are oxen?
500
How long did it take them to get to their new home and what season did they leave for their journey?
What is 5-6 months and springtime
500
Why were quilts so special in their lives
What is something to hold their special memories like a picture album would today
500
They did house cleaning jobs.
What is women
500
The dad did this in the barn, twice a day so the animals stay healthy.
What is feeding animals