The Iowa Pioneer Experience
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Come to Iowa
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Frontier Social Gatherings
Interior of Settler Cabins
Pioneer Women
Sickness and Death on the Frontier
Pioneer Children
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Frontier Social Gatherings
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Time Frame: 1800's
In the 1800s neighbors from miles around would gather together to work, and then festivities followed.
“The Prairie Pioneers,” The Iowa Heritage: Program # 4, Iowa Public Television, 1977.
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Transcript
As the frontier population grew, there were times when fun and work went together. A social gathering might be held for a cabin or a barn raising; a sewing or quilting bee. Neighbors for miles around would gather for a hard days work, topped by a festive dinner and sometimes dancing to the music of a local fiddle player.
(music, singing and clapping)
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