1830s+Rural+America


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Look at this timeline of the 1830s to see what was happening in the time period we are studying. Timeline 1830-1839

Learn about the places that are preserved at Old Sturbridge Village. What do you remember from your field trip in 2nd grade? Explore Historical Buildings, Landscapes and Gardens

Choose from the topics listed below to see photographs and descriptions of artifacts from the early 1800s. To see an image up close, click on it, select "View larger image," and then click on "Download full size image as a file." OSV Online Collections

Read this excerpt from a memoir of life in New Hampshire in the 1830s. (Includes some challenging vocabulary.)  A Portrait of America, 1830

Interested in how water powered mills? Read this article and look carefully at the diagrams. Mills and Water Power

1830s Farm Diaries (We will read these in class!) Pamela Brown Horace Clark Daniel Grant Edward W. Wells