This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Pioneer women of the West and daily life in the 1800s
The Mini Page outlines pioneer women’s isolated lives on the plains how they cooked with buffalo and cow chips and used sod houses. It notes photographers evolving in the mid 1800s and credits Betty Debnam and museum helpers for the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the West
Womenofthewest.org
Nancy Niero
Kim Lennox
Trey Corkern
Friends of the
Astor House Museum
Clear Creek History Park
Elinor Packard
Golden Pioneer Museum
Golden, Colo