Articles related to "American Pioneer"
Ho for Kansas!
Born a slave, this man was determined to lead his people to free soil. . .
african-american pioneers • exodusters • benjamin • pap • singleton
Born a slave, this man was determined to lead his people to free soil. . .
african-american pioneers • exodusters • benjamin • pap • singleton
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed is known to all American schoolchildren as a mythological pioneer who headed west planting apple trees. How much of the legend is based in fact?
johnny appleseed • myths • american pioneer • american indians • famous vegetarians
Johnny Appleseed is known to all American schoolchildren as a mythological pioneer who headed west planting apple trees. How much of the legend is based in fact?
johnny appleseed • myths • american pioneer • american indians • famous vegetarians
Prairie Schooner Covered Wagons
The Prairie Schooner was the first choice for long-distance family travel across the American prairies in the 1800s.
prairie schooner • covered wagon • american pioneers • wagon trains • conestoga wagon
The Prairie Schooner was the first choice for long-distance family travel across the American prairies in the 1800s.
prairie schooner • covered wagon • american pioneers • wagon trains • conestoga wagon
America's Debt to Paul Cuffee
As a shipping magnet and community leader, Paul Cuffee helped influence American colonial perspectives on how people of color should be accepted and treated in society.
paul cuffee • paul cuffee and his effect on massachusetts • early black american heroes • black american pioneers • paul cuffee and shipping
As a shipping magnet and community leader, Paul Cuffee helped influence American colonial perspectives on how people of color should be accepted and treated in society.
paul cuffee • paul cuffee and his effect on massachusetts • early black american heroes • black american pioneers • paul cuffee and shipping
Writing Families: A Natural Partnership Part 2
Part Two in a series on African-American authors/illustrators of award-winning children's books who work with family members as their writing partners. This article focuses on the collaborative wife and husband team of Patricia and Frederick McKissack.
writing • writing partners • children's books • awards • illustrators
Part Two in a series on African-American authors/illustrators of award-winning children's books who work with family members as their writing partners. This article focuses on the collaborative wife and husband team of Patricia and Frederick McKissack.
writing • writing partners • children's books • awards • illustrators
Yankee Doodle Story
It may have been Col. Thomas Fitch's shabbily dressed troops who inspired a British Army surgeon to write the derisive "Yankee Doodle".
yankee doodle story • song yankee doodle • col. thomas fitch • elizabeth fitch • poorly outfitted american soldiers ridiculed
It may have been Col. Thomas Fitch's shabbily dressed troops who inspired a British Army surgeon to write the derisive "Yankee Doodle".
yankee doodle story • song yankee doodle • col. thomas fitch • elizabeth fitch • poorly outfitted american soldiers ridiculed
'Last Child in the Woods' Review
Richard Louv's updated 'Last Child in the Woods' teaches parents how to reconnect children and nature and save generations from nature-deficit disorder.
last child in the woods • children and nature • richard louv • nature deficit disorder • child nature disconnect
Richard Louv's updated 'Last Child in the Woods' teaches parents how to reconnect children and nature and save generations from nature-deficit disorder.
last child in the woods • children and nature • richard louv • nature deficit disorder • child nature disconnect
AMAZING GRACE AND COURAGE
After the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania countryside we must strive to move forward into the future with the strength of our pioneer forefathers who traveled west and settled the Great American Plains.
new york • washington • d.c. • pennsylvania • great american plains
After the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania countryside we must strive to move forward into the future with the strength of our pioneer forefathers who traveled west and settled the Great American Plains.
new york • washington • d.c. • pennsylvania • great american plains
Coupeville, Washington State
The small fishing and farming town of Coupeville is known as the home of Ebey's Landing, a symbol of Northwest homesteading history and West Coast ecological beauty.
coupeville • ebey's landing • national historic reserve • whidbey island • blockhouse
The small fishing and farming town of Coupeville is known as the home of Ebey's Landing, a symbol of Northwest homesteading history and West Coast ecological beauty.
coupeville • ebey's landing • national historic reserve • whidbey island • blockhouse
Human Cannibalism
Human beings have eaten each other throughout history for a variety of different cultural, criminal, religious and philosophical reasons not always with evil intent.
human cannibalism • eating people • the last taboo • hannibal lector • jeffrey dahmer
Human beings have eaten each other throughout history for a variety of different cultural, criminal, religious and philosophical reasons not always with evil intent.
human cannibalism • eating people • the last taboo • hannibal lector • jeffrey dahmer
Sex with Terrorists
A review of Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory, available at furtherfield.org
new media art • alan sondheim • lewis lacook • terrorism
A review of Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory, available at furtherfield.org
new media art • alan sondheim • lewis lacook • terrorism
THE HORSES WHO SETTLED AMERICA
From the first settlements on the east coast to the taming of the wild, rugged West, the American frontier was conquered on the backs and behind the rumps of sweating horses.
horses • pioneers • the west • settlers • draft horses
From the first settlements on the east coast to the taming of the wild, rugged West, the American frontier was conquered on the backs and behind the rumps of sweating horses.
horses • pioneers • the west • settlers • draft horses
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
The moderate summer temperature and historic lighthouses make the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore a historic and interesting vacation destination.
apostle islands • apostle islands national lakeshore • camping apostle islands • hiking apostle islands • wisconsin national parks
The moderate summer temperature and historic lighthouses make the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore a historic and interesting vacation destination.
apostle islands • apostle islands national lakeshore • camping apostle islands • hiking apostle islands • wisconsin national parks
Black Harris and the Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail which is justifiably famous as the route that thousands of pioneers travelled from Missouri to the Oregon Territory in search of a new life. In the years from 1830 to about 1850, Moses "Black" Harris became one of the most renowed of the trail guides for the wagon trains.
caring for the soul • caring • soul • black • black history
The Oregon Trail which is justifiably famous as the route that thousands of pioneers travelled from Missouri to the Oregon Territory in search of a new life. In the years from 1830 to about 1850, Moses "Black" Harris became one of the most renowed of the trail guides for the wagon trains.
caring for the soul • caring • soul • black • black history
Daring Women
A list taken by a postcard book, "Women Who Dared," revisits brave women from all walks of life who made a positive difference in the lives of women and men.
women • difference • made a difference • mom • sister
A list taken by a postcard book, "Women Who Dared," revisits brave women from all walks of life who made a positive difference in the lives of women and men.
women • difference • made a difference • mom • sister
Dunmore's War
The relentless European push across America eradicated hundreds of cultures. Native resistance led to war. In the lower Ohio Valley, in 1773, it led to Dunmore's War.
dunmore's war • daniel boone • lord dunmore • shawnee • iroquois
The relentless European push across America eradicated hundreds of cultures. Native resistance led to war. In the lower Ohio Valley, in 1773, it led to Dunmore's War.
dunmore's war • daniel boone • lord dunmore • shawnee • iroquois
History of the Schooner
Since the 1700s, Schooner sailing vessels have been used for a variety of purposes because they are fast, sleek, adaptable, and considered the sturdiest ships of all time
schooner • sailing • yachts • america's cup • gloucester
Since the 1700s, Schooner sailing vessels have been used for a variety of purposes because they are fast, sleek, adaptable, and considered the sturdiest ships of all time
schooner • sailing • yachts • america's cup • gloucester
Islam in Africa: A Brief Introduction
This article gives a brief overview of the spread of Islam in Northern Africa.
islam • muslim • conquest • jihad • trade
This article gives a brief overview of the spread of Islam in Northern Africa.
islam • muslim • conquest • jihad • trade
Landscapes in Literature: You Can Go Home Again!
Exploration of the locations of our great American authors' childhoods which appear directly or indirectly in their writings and evoke our own childhood memories of place and time.
landscapes in writing • mark twain • isak dinesen • willa cather • sara orne jewett
Exploration of the locations of our great American authors' childhoods which appear directly or indirectly in their writings and evoke our own childhood memories of place and time.
landscapes in writing • mark twain • isak dinesen • willa cather • sara orne jewett
Old World Wisconsin Living History in Eagle
Immigrants and pioneers came from vastly different cultures to settle in Wisconsin and pursue the American dream. Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI recreates their stories.
eagke wisconsin • old world wisconsin • living history history museum • kettle moraineforest • driving distance chicago
Immigrants and pioneers came from vastly different cultures to settle in Wisconsin and pursue the American dream. Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI recreates their stories.
eagke wisconsin • old world wisconsin • living history history museum • kettle moraineforest • driving distance chicago
The History of the Harvest Festival
The gathering of the harvest has been celebrated for centuries around the world in the form of harvest festivals or by giving thanks at Thanksgiving celebrations.
history of the harvest festival • origins of thanksgiving and harvest celebrations • date of harvest festival celebrations • harvest festival celebrations • plants associated with harvest festival
The gathering of the harvest has been celebrated for centuries around the world in the form of harvest festivals or by giving thanks at Thanksgiving celebrations.
history of the harvest festival • origins of thanksgiving and harvest celebrations • date of harvest festival celebrations • harvest festival celebrations • plants associated with harvest festival
"Not Giving Up Is Part of Our Heritage"
Relying on their dreams, they built out of the barren prairie their own towns. Come learn about a unique and often overlooked aspect of frontier settlement.
african-americans • west • african-americans • kansas • boley
Relying on their dreams, they built out of the barren prairie their own towns. Come learn about a unique and often overlooked aspect of frontier settlement.
african-americans • west • african-americans • kansas • boley
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 5
The Whitmans meet the Spaldings in Cincinnati, Ohio. From there they travel by boat to St. Louis, Missouri. Eliza Spalding is still ill after miscarrying. Spalding proceeds to correct what he considers Narcissa’s bad character.
whitman • spalding • narcissa • marcus • henry
The Whitmans meet the Spaldings in Cincinnati, Ohio. From there they travel by boat to St. Louis, Missouri. Eliza Spalding is still ill after miscarrying. Spalding proceeds to correct what he considers Narcissa’s bad character.
whitman • spalding • narcissa • marcus • henry
A Visit From Auntie
Back in Victorian times, this subject would have caused any lady going by the name of Miss Cornelia to swoon. But in our day, times have changed. Women's History Month would not be complete without a peek into the history of how women have dealt with their menstrual cycles. Rated "M" for "must read."
menstruation • sanitary napkin • tampon • blood • menses
Back in Victorian times, this subject would have caused any lady going by the name of Miss Cornelia to swoon. But in our day, times have changed. Women's History Month would not be complete without a peek into the history of how women have dealt with their menstrual cycles. Rated "M" for "must read."
menstruation • sanitary napkin • tampon • blood • menses
Creating a Persona
Persona is an important part of being a re-enactor. This article will give you some guidelines on creating your persona: and introduce you to my own persona.
re-enactment • living history • persona • character • history
Persona is an important part of being a re-enactor. This article will give you some guidelines on creating your persona: and introduce you to my own persona.
re-enactment • living history • persona • character • history
Winter Daffodil Tour
DaffyClay on Daffodils presents a cyber daffodil tour in the winter. Mid winter blaus got you, take a look at these gardens and photographs. Get that smile back on your face.
winter daffodils • winter gardening • ground cover • daffodil bulbs • gardens
DaffyClay on Daffodils presents a cyber daffodil tour in the winter. Mid winter blaus got you, take a look at these gardens and photographs. Get that smile back on your face.
winter daffodils • winter gardening • ground cover • daffodil bulbs • gardens
Riding in Carts With Hobbits
Tolkien's Hobbits bear some striking resemblances to the pre-Romanic Celts who spread across ancient Europe.
celts • julius caesar • tolkien • hobbits • thain
Tolkien's Hobbits bear some striking resemblances to the pre-Romanic Celts who spread across ancient Europe.
celts • julius caesar • tolkien • hobbits • thain
What Ireland has Given the Mountains...
Ireland's contribution to Appalachia's population is mostly Orange.
ireland • st. patrick • scotland • appalachia • pioneers
Ireland's contribution to Appalachia's population is mostly Orange.
ireland • st. patrick • scotland • appalachia • pioneers
Edna Ferber Biography
Brief biography of American writer Edna Ferber, famous for Show Boat, So Big and Giant.
edna ferber biography • ferber american novelist • ferber short story writer • ferber show boat • ferber so big giant
Brief biography of American writer Edna Ferber, famous for Show Boat, So Big and Giant.
edna ferber biography • ferber american novelist • ferber short story writer • ferber show boat • ferber so big giant
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