The James Bressler American Indian Gallery
The artifact along the wall that resulted from girdling a tree and used by many Native Americans as a mode of transportation.
What is a dugout canoe?
What is the fireplace?
The chalkboard was made from this raw material.
What was wood?
Cabinetmakers, coopers (the person who made wooden casks, barrels and other containers from timber) , shingle-makers
Children sat on top of this while slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad hid inside.
What is a bench?
The name of the protective fence used around the Woodland Indian village.
What is a palisade?
The artifact that was used to help prevent sleeping settlers from getting cold in their beds.
What is a bedwarmer?
The artifact that school teachers had to wake up at 5AM in winter months to use.
What is a wood stove?
This artifact was used by farmers to turn apples into apple cider.
What was an apple cider press?
This product was originally only made for adults. However, when the automobile was invented, the companies made these for children in order to stay in business.
What is a bicycle?
The study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other human remains.
What is archaeology?
The artifact settlers used (often kids helped) to transport water from a nearby stream to the log cabin to use for cooking, cleaning, and drinking.
What is a yoke?
The item that students had to wear when they were in trouble.
What was a dunce hat?
The place where someone works to make and repair things made of iron. Typically had an apprentice.
What was the blacksmith?
This artifact was used as a toilet before indoor plumbing and kids often had the job of emptying it.
What was a chamber pot?
The tool Archaic Indians used to throw spears.
What is an atlatl?
When people paid for something at the general store without money and the storekeeper kept a running tab of what they owed, they used store ________.
What is credit?
The item that kids in trouble had to sit on that was uncomfortable and made by the blacksmith.
What was a dunce stool?
The place where grain was ground to flour.
What was a gristmill?
The item used by the blacksmith's apprentice to provide oxygen to the fire to keep the coals hot.
What were the bellows?
An important local woman who helped facilitate relations between Indians and European settlers in Lycoming County. The Borough of Montoursville and Montour County are named for her family.
Who was Madame Montour?
The place where the General Store was located.
Where is Ralston?
The place where students had to say their studies from memory to the teacher.
What was the recitation bench?
The raw material linen comes from and the raw material wool comes from, both used to make clothing/textiles.
What was flax and sheep?
The name of the artifact that was used by farmers that utilized movement energy from a common household animal to make butter?
What was a dog-powered butter churn?