What was it like to be a pioneer? In the 1830s and 1840s Illinois was considered the West described as an “unbroken wilderness.” Settlers moved to this part of the state slowly and then rapidly as ...

Pioneer life was tough, plain and simple. Families worked outside sod homes, women in long skirts prepared meals, and kids grew up fast with responsibilities greater than the ones adults have today.

The Geauga County Historical Society launched a new program this year to give children ages 5-7 a taste of 19th century life. Fairport Harbor Schools superintendent will resign at end of contract ...

KALONA, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa became the 29th state in 1846. But European-Americans moved in earlier than that, and started to build some of the lives and communities we know today. Nancy Roth’s family ...

ALLIANCE, Neb. (KOLN) - The Knight Museum and Sandhills Center offers visitors a comprehensive look at Nebraska Panhandle history through five interconnected themes that chronicle the region’s ...