Pioneer Living at the Stuhr Museum

             For our field trip we went to Grand Island to the Stuhr Museum. When we first got there our instructor showed us the out buildings they would have had when the pioneers were there. We made our own dinner that day.  The stew was made of potatoes, ham, and carrots.  We also made corn cob jelly, corn muffins, and butter. When making the muffins we used a corn sheller, and then we ground it and put the cornmeal through a sifter. We used the cobs to make jelly.  First we broke the corn cobs in half then we put the cobs in boiling water, we added sugar and pectin.  Milk was in the churn, we spun the handle then it turned color and became butter.  After we added sugar, it tasted very good.

           After lunch, we made candles.  First we got some yarn and the instructor put a can of wax on the stove.  Then we dipped the yarn three times in the wax, and dipped it in cold water, then the yarn turned curly. We had to straighten the yarn by rolling it on the table.  We did that several times.  We had a really good time.  We recommend that you go sometime.

By:   A.W. & L.J.