(It was a tough life for these children in 1911 in Danville, Virginia as these pictures reveal) Schoolfield Cotton Mill in Danville, Virginia had a few underage workers in June 1911 when these photographs were taken by photographer Lewis Wickes Hine, but Washington Cotton Mills in Fries, Virginia had a number of underage employees in […]
Gaysville is a village in the town of Stockbridge in Windsor County, of the “Eastern Vermont Gateway” region. The name came from the families of Daniel and Jeremiah Gay, who settled in Stockbridge quite early. “In 1786, Elais Keyes established a grist mill and later a sawmill at “The Narrows”, later known as Gaysville, so […]
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression that affected people across the country in many ways. Many people lost their homes and went on the road in search of work. Oklahoma and the mid-west was doubly affected due to the Dust Bowl that destroyed their farms. […]
(Treating common health ailments has come a long way since these days. I wonder what future generations will think of things we do today to relieve illness) Unlock all stories Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community! Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Old-Time Health Remedies For eyestrain, soak a towel in eyebright tea. Place the warm […]
During the Civil War, the siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) in Mississippi was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. Print of Vicksburg, Mississippi ca. 1848 In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove […]
The phrase BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES means to prepare for trouble. It has a nautical background. ‘Hatch’ is an ‘opening in the deck of a ship’ meaning. Ships’ hatches, more formally called hatchways, were commonplace on sailing ships and were normally either open or covered with a wooden grating to allow for ventilation of the […]
Hightstown, New Jersey – the final days (continued from Garment Plant faces difficulties) Many of the New Deal communities were disliked, for one reason or another, by the older inhabitants in the surrounding areas. This local hostility was very marked at Jersey Homesteads. The type of architecture, the extravagance, and the character and nature of […]
SEE THE STORY BEHIND THIS PICTURE FOR FREE! JOIN US Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron – FREE Hightstown, New Jersey – Garment Plant faces difficulties continued from Hightstown “By December the $60,000 contributed by the 120 approved homesteaders of Hightstown Homestead in New Jersey was exhausted, and orders for coats had not been large enough […]
See more stories like this Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community! Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron And GET ALABAMA PIONEERS PATRONS APP today! Hightstown, New Jersey – The Opening of the Garment Plant (Continued from Hightstown, New Jersey – Moving day and a surprise statue) “The central idea back of Jersey Homesteads was co-operation. M. […]
(Before we had television and video games to fill our time, domino games were a popular past time among men and boys of all ages, nationalities, and economic situations throughout America as can be seen by the following photographs from the late 1930’s and early 1940’s.) Unlock all Alabama Pioneers stories Alabama Pioneers members see […]
