Kentucky pioneers

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1969

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Shows the motivating factors in the lives of the early settlers, through a dramatization about a family who went down the Ohio River to settle on Kentucky land., Follows two pioneer families along the difficult and dangerous Wilderness Road to the Kentucky frontier fort at Harrod's Station. Describes the hardships encountered in establishing a new home in the wilderness and recalls the courage and faith that helped overcome these hardships. Re-enacts such representative activities as weaving, soap-making, cooking, candle-making, carpentry, cabin construction, schooling, and square dancing.

Complete Record: Shows the motivating factors in the lives of the early settlers, through a dramatization about a family who went down the Ohio River to settle on Kentucky land., Follows two pioneer families along the difficult and dangerous Wilderness Road to the Kentucky frontier fort at Harrod's Station. Describes the hardships encountered in establishing a new home in the wilderness and recalls the courage and faith that helped overcome these hardships. Re-enacts such representative activities as weaving, soap-making, cooking, candle-making, carpentry, cabin construction, schooling, and square dancing.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.