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Families used stone, bone, wood tools
In 1600s French traders brought metal tools
Ioway Indians began trading with French in 1676
Traders brought blankets, cloth, other items to trade for beaver pelts needed in Europe to make fur felt hats
Handmade by Ioway Indians
Photo by Dana Mukhamedzhan
House of Iowans in the 1600s
Living History Farms in IA
A 300 year journey through history
Part of Iowa territory opened for settlement in 1836
Ioway tribe left Iowa for Kansas reservation in 1837
Iowa became a State in 1846
IA is called a breadbasket of the US
Photo by Dana Mukhamedzhan
Ioway women in the 19th Century
Their kitchen
...waiting for guests
In a wooden house
Photo by Dana Mukhamedzhan
Women engaged in spinning
The open-air museum in Urbandale, IA
In 1900 most Iowa farm families produced crops and livestock for sale
Families grew much of their food in gardens
Fall in Iowa
Photo by Dana Mukhamedzhan
The outdoor museum in IA
This barn was built on the Christian Carlson farm in Stratford, Iowa, in 1889
Horses supplied power to operate the farm machinery needed to raise crops of hay, oats and corn
Photo by Dana Mukhamedzhan
Living History Farms
IA is the largest producer of corn and soybeans in the US
In 1998, for example, Iowa raised more than 1.7 billion bushels of corn
Iowa is a major agricultural state today
Horse-Powered farm
It was an agricultural story of IA
Always Coca-Cola...
Old buildings
William G. Murray is a founder of Living History Farms (1968)
