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This would have been pulled by oxen.
The County has put together a very nice museum just outside of Minot, at the Fairgrounds. These are generally late 1800's to early 1900's buildings (restored of course).
Teams of field workers would travel from ranch to ranch to work the fields. The cook wagon accompanied them to feed the workers. It was pulled by either oxen or mules.
This is Bob Pederson. The museum was actually closed when we stopped by it, but he happened to be on the grounds and was kind enough to show me around and even opened several of the buildings for me to take pictures!
This is a replica of the first French site in WI, original was built in 1658-59
This is at Port Wing, along Lake Superior's shore.
The Museum consists of three or four large buildings of exhibits plus many buildings of a late 1800's to early 1900's pioneer town
The large, red barn is the Livery Stable
This is the apron worn by the local school teacher.
Some homes had their Summer Kitchen in a separate building, probably to prevent a Kitchen fire from burning down the whole house.
On the back wall are two different devices for washing cloths. The excess water was squeezed out by feeding it through the rollers.
In the middle is a Wood Stove. The bucket would be used to clean out the ashes, probably a daily chore.
Before indoor plumbing, the older boys would have to fill the water jug set up to wash hands at the Silva School
This was in Silva, ND. It was a much larger and more 'modern' school. The bottom left room was for grades 1 - 3 (the other rooms haven't been restored yet)
Many men used sharp knives for shaving. They sharpened them often using leather straps. Once the safety razor was invented (right forground), it cut down on shaving cuts.
The first functional sewing machine was invented in the 1830's, before electricity was available. So early machines were powered by foot action on a Treadle. This was a vast improvement over sewing garments by hand and many families would have had one of these machines at home.
Some people just can't resist a little horsing around
These aren't original windows of course, but just about every pioneer town would have had a saloon.
Fake gambling of course
Mom rembered paper doll houses like this that she really loved.
Mom remembered having to take lunch pails like these to school.