1. Minnesota History Unit 7
Agriculture & Immigrants
Farming

2. Land Rush gov’t sold Indian land for $1.25/acre
drew settlers from East
also drew many immigrants

4. Immigrants on dock

5. Steamboats in St. Paul

6. Homestead Act passed by Congress in 1862 gave land away
stimulated wave of immigration
helped Civil War effort

7. Sod Homes typical house for prairie settlers
dirt walls & floor - straw roof
simple but affordable

8. Soddy

9. Log Cabins typical house for Northern settlers 1 room - simple design
wood heat & cooking

10. Log home

11. Sod Busting prairie needed to be plowed planted gardens & wheat
oxen or horses used to plow

12. Pioneer Women gardening, house chores, raising children
gathered additional foods
made essentials - clothes, soap, candles

13. Typical farmhouse

14. Quilting

15. Clearing Land most farmed only 10-20 acres stumps had to be cleared
many died from hard work or gave up

16. Clearing stumps

17. Plowing with oxen

18. Collecting bison bones for sale

19. Long, cold winter

20. Barn raising

21. Lonely Life
few neighbors
few towns
few roads

22. Loading hay