I WAS EXCITED TO GO TO NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, TO VISIT WITH JAGGER’S GRANDPARENTS, WHO ARE SERVING AN 18 MONTH MISSION THERE AT THE OLD PIONEER TOWN ESTABLISHED IN 1839-1846. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO! THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY THINGS TO SEE AND DO AND I WILL SHARE JUST A FEW SITES WITH YOU.
THE FIRST PLACE I WENT TO WAS AN OLD BAKERY!!! THEY MADE COOKIES IN HERE IN A BUSTLE OVEN.
THESE ARE THE OVENS AND THE FIREPLACE THAT THEY USED TO BAKE THEIR GOODIES. THEY WOULD BUILD A FIRE RIGHT IN THESE OVENS AND LET THEM BURN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THEN TAKE OUT THE ASHES AND PUT THEIR BREAD OR COOKIES IN HERE, SHUT THE DOOR AND THAT IS HOW THEY WOULD BAKE.
MOST PEOPLE COULD NOT AFFORD A BUSTLE OVEN SO THEY DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR FIREPLACE, INCLUDING BAKING BREAD. THEY WOULD BURN A FIRE SO THAT THE BRICKS GOT NICE AND HOT, THEN MOVE THE LOGS OVER, SPREAD CORNMEAL ON THE FLOOR AND THEN COVER THEIR BREAD WITH THE EMBERS.. IT WAS CALLED ASH BREAD!
LOTS OF OLD TIME COOKING UTENSILS. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT EACH ONE IS USED FOR?
I HELPED MAKE GINGERBREAD COOKIES TODAY. LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS AND THEY ARE YUMMY!
NEXT I WENT OUT TO HELP FEED THE HORSES. IN NAUVOO, THEY PULL WAGONS TO TAKE PEOPLE ON RIDES. THEY HAVE 28 BEAUTIFUL, BIG HORSES HERE. THEY ALL HAVE NAMES LIKE MIKE AND MICK, JED AND JACK, ABE AND IKE. I LOVE THE HORSES.
MIKE WANTED TO GIVE ME A KISS………………………………………
THESE ARE THE WAGONS THAT THEY PULL.
I WANTED TO DRIVE ONE!
THESE ARE SOME OF THE MISSIONARIES WATCHING ME MAKE A ROPE. YOU HAVE TO TWIST ALL OF THESE PIECES OF SISAL TOGETHER.
I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO MAKE POTTERY…..
TO MAKE A BARREL BY A COOPER.
THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT I HAD TO USE…..
THESE TOOLS ARE USED TO CUT STONE IN THE 1840’S.
ME RIDING IN A HORSE DRAWN SLEIGH, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SNOW HERE THIS WINTER!
THIS IS CALLED A WEASEL. IT IS USED TO MEASURE YARN THAT THE PIONEERS WOULD HAVE WOVEN OUT OF WOOL FROM SHEEP. IT MEASURES A SKEIN OF YARN. EACH TIME THE WHEEL IT IS TURNED FORTY TIMES, IT POPS! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SONG “POP GOES THE WEASEL?” THIS IS WHERE IT CAME FROM.
ME RIDING A PRETEND LARRY THE LAMB!
THIS IS A WEAVING LOOM. IT HAS 18 MILES OF THREAD ON IT. WE WEAVE RUGS AND TABLE RUNNERS ON IT HERE. IT WAS ONLY A MAN’S JOB TO BE A WEAVER.
I’M GETTING READY TO HELP MAKE CANDLES.
THIS IS A LONG PROCESS THAT TAKES SEVERAL DAYS. THE FIRST CANDLES THAT YOU SEE HAVE BEEN DIPPED 5 TIMES, THE LAST ONES OVER 30.
THIS IS ME IN THE PRINT SHOP. I LOVED IT HERE TOO. THESE ARE THE CASES THAT THE LETTERS( EACH LITTLE PIECE OF METAL THAT YOU SEE HAS A LETTER ON THE END OF IT) WERE STORED IN ORDER TO PRINT A NEWSPAPER OR BOOK. THE CAPITAL LETTERS WERE IN THE UPPER CASE AND THE SMALLER LETTERS WERE IN THE LOWER CASE. ASK YOUR TEACHER WHAT THAT MEANS.
THIS IS WHERE THE PAPER WENT TO BE PRINTED.
THIS IS THE PRINTING PRESS. IT TOOK ALL WEEK TO PRINT A 4 PAGE PAPER…….NOT LIKE OUR COMPUTERS NOW.
I WENT TO THE BRIGHAM YOUNG HOUSE. HE WAS KNOWN AS THE GREATEST COLONIZER OF THE WEST. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND COLONIZING OVER 400 COMMUNITIES. GUESS WHAT, HE IS JAGGER’S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER!
TO TOP OFF MY WEEK, I GOT TO SEE WHAT A PRAIRIE GRASS FIRE LOOKED LIKE. IT WAS A LITTLE SCAREY. PIONEERS HAD A VERY HARD LIFE AND CROSSING THE PLAINS MANY PEOPLE DIED, FROM TOO LITTLE FOOD, TO FREEZING TO DEATH, TO THINGS LIKE THIS PRAIRIE FIRE. IT TOOK ONLY TWO AND A HALF MINUTES FOR THIS TO BURN THE WHOLE FIELD.
ONE MORE THING ABOUT NAUVOO THAT IS WONDERFUL. IT IS A PENINSULA. THAT MEANS IT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE SIDES. IT IS THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI THAT SURROUNDS NAUVOO AND THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING ON THIS RIVER. IT IS THE NESTING GROUND FOR BALD EAGLES.
GEESE BY THE THOUSANDS!
CARDINALS EVERYWHERE!!!
SUNSET ON THE MISSISSIPPI………………BEAUTIFUL!
SO I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS HERE IN OLD NAUVOO. I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD TIME LOOKING AT SOME OF MY PICTURES. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE WITH YOU. THANK YOUR TEACHER FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL AND COME AND SEE US SOMETIME!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU JAGGER
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