Our Trip to Pioneer Village in Minden, NE

Our Trip to Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska

We wanted to share a little bit about our trip to the Harold Warp Pioneer Village. We had a wonderful time, and still haven't seen everything! Our first field trip to P.V. was in March, 2001. It was pretty cold that day and there was still snow on the ground. Other than almost freezing, we had a great time! We plan to go back this spring or summer. I have included some pictures of our trip, so you can get an idea of what the Pioneer Village is like.

It's by far, the largest private collection of Americana anywhere. If you're ever in Nebraska, or if you live here, please make a point of stopping by Pioneer Village for a visit. You won't be sorry!

Here is a picture of Hannah, our youngest, learning how to use a spinning wheel. Lois Nelson is the lady who is teaching her, and like Lois said, aren't we lucky that we don't have to live like the pioneers did!? They had to sheer the sheep, then they'd spin the wool into thread and yarn. Then they had to weave it on a loom to make the cloth! Of course, then they had to actually sew the dress. It's no wonder that back then most women and girls had only a few really nice dresses.

This is a picture of our kids, Sarah, Nate and Hannah, in front of an old-fashioned, horse-drawn milk truck. Don't you wish we still had those?? Somedays, I sure do! It'd save me a trip to the store! The kids couldn't believe that we used to have milk delivered to our homes!

In this picture, Brian and the kids are standing in front of some antique cars, just as you walk in the door of Pioneer Village. Brian, my wonderful, awesome, handsome husband, is trying to dodge the camera as usual! P.V. has over 100 antique cars, arranged in order of their development. It was sure a "neat" experience to compare our Station Wagon to the Station Wagon of yesteryear. However, I think I'll stick with ours!

I love this old-fashioned one-room Schoolhouse! Lois, the lady pictured by the Spinning wheel above, said that she'd grown up attending a school house just like the one on display at P.V. when she was a young girl. We told her we were homeschooling our children, and she said that she imagined that homeschooling was much like learning in a one-room schoolhouse as she did, with all different grade levels and levels of ability. We assured her that it was very much like it, indeed. I would have loved it if we could have stayed in this schoolhouse a little bit longer.

Pioneer Village has a full-size replica of the flying machine that started it all at Kitty Hawk. Also on display, is the first Bell P-59 jet from 1942. Nate was especially taken with these airplanes. This picture is the underside of the planes. The museum has a stairway that you can climb, in the room with the cars and planes. At the top of it, you can see the planes up close.

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	Here is a picture of Hannah, our youngest, learning how to use a spinning wheel. Lois Nelson is the lady who is teaching her, and like Lois said, aren't we lucky that we don't have to live like the pioneers did!? They had to sheer the sheep, then they'd spin the wool into thread and yarn. Then they had to weave it on a loom to make the cloth! Of course, then they had to actually sew the dress. It's no wonder that back then most women and girls had only a few really nice dresses.
This is a picture of our kids, Sarah, Nate and Hannah, in front of an old-fashioned, horse-drawn milk truck. Don't you wish we still had those?? Somedays, I sure do! It'd save me a trip to the store! The kids couldn't believe that we used to have milk delivered to our homes!
	In this picture, Brian and the kids are standing in front of some antique cars, just as you walk in the door of Pioneer Village. Brian, my wonderful, awesome, handsome husband, is trying to dodge the camera as usual! P.V. has over 100 antique cars, arranged in order of their development. It was sure a "neat" experience to compare our Station Wagon to the Station Wagon of yesteryear. However, I think I'll stick with ours!
I love this old-fashioned one-room Schoolhouse! Lois, the lady pictured by the Spinning wheel above, said that she'd grown up attending a school house just like the one on display at P.V. when she was a young girl. We told her we were homeschooling our children, and she said that she imagined that homeschooling was much like learning in a one-room schoolhouse as she did, with all different grade levels and levels of ability. We assured her that it was very much like it, indeed. I would have loved it if we could have stayed in this schoolhouse a little bit longer.
	Pioneer Village has a full-size replica of the flying machine that started it all at Kitty Hawk. Also on display, is the first Bell P-59 jet from 1942. Nate was especially taken with these airplanes. This picture is the underside of the planes. The museum has a stairway that you can climb, in the room with the cars and planes. At the top of it, you can see the planes up close.