Born in Philadelphia in the early 1800s, Anna Pierce headed west with her family as a young girl. They settled in southern Illinois, in an area called Rock Creek. Around 100 miles east of the ...

The film depicts life in a Spanish Colonial family in the Southwest during the early 1800s. It showcases the daily activities on an asenda, a self-sufficient community with vast ranch lands ...

Just as the home's past is referenced in nearly every room, with the 1800s studs ... including an early photo of the farmhouse and a circa-1905 black-and-white snapshot of a family reunion that ...

By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic needlework skills needed to operate the family household. By the late 1700s and early 1800s, ...