In the early 1800s, pioneer families worked together on farms, learning essential agricultural skills from a young age. Children helped with chores, such as gathering eggs and feeding animals. Farmers ...

When the pioneers settled in Utah in the 1800s one of the most important jobs in the town was the blacksmith. At This Is The Place Heritage Park you can interact with the artisans and tradesmen see ...

Shawnee Lookout to host Harvest Jamboree this weekend. Shawnee Lookout to host Harvest Jamboree this weekend. Great Parks will celebrate the pioneering history of its big lands with old-time food and ...

Saturday’s mild temperatures were just right for a trip down the pioneer trail to discover what life was like in the 1800s in Illinois. Pioneer Day at The Grove, provided educational and historic fun, ...

The author relied on personal diaries, newspaper clips, photographs and family trees to tell stories often lost in the wider ...

Ebenezer Zane constructed a road from what was then Wheeling, Virginia, to Maysville, Kentucky. As a reward for their services, at a minimal price, Zane sold a plot of land along the Muskingum and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - LSUS’ Pioneer Day aims to encourage the next generation of historians and preserve history. On Saturday (Oct. 12) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Louisiana State University Shreveport ...

A warm Sunday afternoon was the perfect setting for churning butter and flintknapping arrowheads — and more than 2,500 visitors did that and more at the Waterloo Area Historical Society’s annual ...

Registration for the Carver County Historical Society’s summer camps is now open. The historical society is offering two different camps this June. “I’m so very excited to meet more of the kids in the ...

Dale Counsell, left, and Ronnie Allen talk on Feb. 8, 2021, next to a 120-year-old wagon they restored to resemble those the pioneers used while coming across the Oregon Trail in the 1800s. Allen ...