Early Pioneer Village

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Many early American villages were very communal by necessity. They would spring up  near some waterway such as a river or large creek.

Villagers have built their houses in a half circle, like circling the wagons.

Women often helped each other with childcare, making hearty meals, keeping the

home and children clean and much of the gardening. They grew whatever they had   seed for. Generally, potatoes, lettuce, beans, pumpkins, squash, maybe onions, and peas. Much of what they grew depended on the seeds they brought with them from their previous homes. This involved a lot of canning.  It was a very busy life.

The men generally hunted for wild game; made sure they were stocked with wood,

which usually came from brush along a river.

built sod houses with thatched roofs and kept them in good repair.

One building served as a church and school.

The men also tilled the soil for planting crops like corn, and wheat. Animals wandered around a pasture of prairie grasses, with one or more men on horseback to keep an eye on them. The animals did have barns built for shelter. Chickens pecked around a small yard and brought them into the house at night. The barn was raised quickly for horses, oxen and cattle.

most of the homes could be built. Often one larger building was built for all to use while the others waited until the others were built. It wasn’t an easy life, but

It’s the life they dreamed of traveling west. If there were enough trees grown, they eventually did build log cabins, and someone would finally put a mill to cut lumber and houses became frame houses. More people moved in and families spread farther into the countryside. Most didn’t have to worry about Indians. The most frequent killer was disease.t or delete it, then start writing!