Tag: history
Whether raccoon, groundhog or weasel, it was still meat on the...
Frontier life meant hunting raccoons, groundhogs and weasels. Major General David Sloane Stanley’s memoirs reveal the challenges of pioneer hunts in Ohio.
Recollections and observations on hunting in the Ohio Country
From squirrel hunts to rabbit pot pies, pioneer life in Ohio meant hunting not for sport, but survival — with skill, dogs and a trusty Kentucky rifle.
Settlers worked up big appetites, but what did they put on...
Discover what early settlers really ate—and how Winslow Homer’s art shaped a myth about life on the American frontier.
Help us identify Item No. 1291
Item No. 1291 is approximately 3 1/3 inches long with “Ridgely’s Trimmers Patented Jan 29, 95 July 14, 03 Springfield Ohio” stamped on the side.
Numerous pioneer craftsmen turned out holders for candles
Candleholders on the frontier of the Ohio country could be as plain or as fancy as the local craftsmen had the ability and tools to make them.
The role of dairy farming in America’s legacy
Ohio State Extension educator Dwight Roseler considers the role of dairy farming in America's legacy, and what it takes to survive in the industry.
On the frontier, tallow candles were expensive to make and used...
History writer Paul Locher delves into the expense of making tallow candles on the frontiers of Ohio Country in the 1800s.
Butchering provided the fuel needed for frontier lighting
After butchering on the frontier, the oiliest, slimiest fat taken from the animal was carefully set aside and preserved for lighting purposes.
Lard, scrapple and cracklins complete the butchering job
Paul Locher pens a column about how early Ohio and Pennsylvania settlers would have produced lard, scrapple and cracklins to complete butchering a hog.
Where all that good meat comes from … as if you...
Paul Locher trakes readers to the early 1800s in Ohio Country, explaining how pioneers butchered hog carcasses and made sausage and what tools they used.
