Pioneer Life in America Learning Activities 
. . . Pioneer Life in America
A Learning On-Line Adventure
Created and Compiled by Howard Taylor


. . . .On the Old National Road!

. . . .If you Lived with the Thomas Lincoln Family

. . . . At Home, on the Fringes of the Prairie  (Illinois State Museum Activity)

. . . . Camp Silos "Exploring the Prairie"

. . . The Lincolns, Hanks and the Halls Journey into Illinois, 1830

. . . Learn'n like Abraham Lincoln

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Original 1830's Stone Arch Bridge on the Old National Trail  Spur, 
just West of Marshall.
Click Here for an Action View: MPG#1

William Greenup, Engineer of the Illinois Section:
. . . . Construction began in 1831 on the Illinois stretch of the National Road--the first federally funded highway--and was supervised by William Greenup, for whom the town of Greenup (population 1,532) was named.

. . . . .This Activity-Based website has been created to help classroom teachers to develop educational and fun activities on-line concerning American Frontier/Pioneer Life. . . . . .This Website can coordinate nicely with the Abraham Lincoln Hotlist and Activities to do an in-depth study of Abraham Lincoln and his times.  Click Here   to enter that website.
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By  Howard Taylor  
Updated, October of 2007, Created 2003 at Herrick, Illinois