Pilgrims and Pioneers: October 2011

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!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Old Fashioned Homemade Lye Soap

Just like your great garndmothers used to make our handmade soap is moisturizing with rich creamy lather. Pure and natural soap that is better for your skin. Comes as a big, handcut 4 oz bar
Available in:
Pearberry- Current stock- 1 bar
Spice- current stock- 1 bar
Blackberry Sage- current stock- 4 bars
6.00 per bar plus 2.50 shipping
Order by email prairieprim@comcast.net

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Penguins Skating 1000 feet above Chicago

Aren't they sweet? They are from the Brookfield Zoo- they are at the John Hancock Observatory ice skating rink which ia approximatley 1,000 feet above the city of Chicago.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Old Heating Stove ca 1856

When I toured the manahan House- ( Lincoln- Manahan project) I took a picture of this old heating stove in the living room- it shows up better in Sepia- I wish I would have taken another one that would show more detail.