Heading West : life with the pioneers : 21 activities /
McCarthy, Pat,1940-
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index.
Time line -- Introduction : itchy feet and moving West -- Exploring the West. Make a tepee -- Native Americans in your state -- The trip West. Be a modern-day pioneer -- On the trails of the pioneers -- A journal on your trip West -- Pioneer homes. Build a log cabin -- Log cabin diorama -- Apple butter -- Cornbread -- Community life. Advertise free land in the West -- Who am I? -- Community poster -- Pioneer men. Tracking animals -- Make maple snow candy -- Pioneer women. Churn your own butter -- Dip candles -- An old-fashioned taffy pull -- Pioneer children. Blind man's bluff -- Letter to a friend back home -- Clothespin doll -- Moonwinder -- The end of the pioneer era.
Frontier and pioneer life
Pioneers
Handicraft
Cooking
Games