Pioneer boys and girls had many chores.

On an ordiunary day, most parents and their children woke up at four o'clock in the morning.

Younger children fed the chickens, gathered twigs, and picked berries.

Older children plowed the fields, planted the crops and carried buckets of water.

Usually boys and their fathers worked in the fields.

In contrast, girls helped their mothers and worked at home.

They baked bread, washed clothes, and stitched embroidery.

Margaret Mitchell and her family were pioneers in Kansas during the 1870's.

As a young girl, she and her sisters trapped wild turkeys.

Margaret, her parents, and her sisters built a log cabin.