On the Fringes of the Prairie, 1800-1850

Picture Credits


1. A Farm with Log House in the State of Illinois. In Briete aus Amerika, by Carl Köhler, Darmstadt: Germany, 1854.

2. "Nauvoo." Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

3. "Mormon Temple" by H. Lewis. Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

4. Courtesy of This is the Place State Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. "Patty Sessions, Mother of Mormon Midwifery." Courtesy of Utah State Historical Society.

6. "Christiana Tillson." Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

7. Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

8. In Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis, New York: Crowell, 1976:88.

9. Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

10. Courtesy of Illinois State Historical Library.

11. In Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis, New York: Crowell, 1976:27.

12. In Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis, New York: Crowell, 1976:27.

13. Courtesy of Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

14. John Deere home built in 1838 in Grand Detour, Ogle Co., IL. Deere was a blacksmith, originally from Vermont. In Illinois, Deere manufactured one of the first self-scouring steel plows. Courtesy of Richard Phillips Collection, University of Illinois at Springfield Library.

15. Miller and Kelso cabin with dogtrot built in 1832 at New Salem, IL. Courtesy of Chris Harbison, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.


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