CHAPTER XII PIONEER LIFE THE LOG CABIN WAS THE PALACE OF THE PIONEER - CHINKED LOGS, COVERED WITH CLAPBOARDS - RIFLE AND SPINNING WHEEL - ALMOST ANYTHING WAS A BEDROOM - COOKING WAS PRIMITIVE FOR SHARP APPETITES - WELCOME FOR THE WAYFARER - PRAIRIE FIRES AND WOLF HUNTS - AMUSEMENTS FOR THE FRONTIER PEOPLE WERE NOT LACKING - WHAT UNREMITTING TOIL HAS ACCOMPLISHED. PIONEER LIFE Most of the early settlers of Iowa came from older states, as Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, where their prospects for even a competency were very poor.  They found those states good - to emigrate from.  Their entire stock of furniture, implements and family necessities were easily stored in one wagon, and sometimes a cart was their only vhicles. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L