Pilgrims and Pioneers: Prairie Bonnets

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Prairie Bonnets

Soon I will be moving to the pioneer relatives of mine but I thought you might find this tidbit about prairie bonnets interesting in the meantime.
Prairie bonnets were a staple in the pioneer woman's wardrobe.
The sun on the prairie as they traveled it could be unrelenting so the bonnets were made with extra wide brims to help shield their faces from the sun. The bonnets were also made with a very long pleated "apron" to keep the back of the neck form becoming sunburned.
I was so fascinated with my gggrandmother Sarah Jones Dow being a pioneer woman that I searched until I found an authentic bonnet pattern and quickly set about making some!
They are a great primitive/colonial decorating accent!
You can order here http://www/pilgrimsandpioneersprimitves.blogspot.com