Anderson, Elizabeth Preston:
- Organized alcohol education efforts in the state
- Helped get women’s suffrage law passed in North Dakota
Binder:
- Machine that cut grain, gathered it into bundles, and tied the bundles with twine
Breaking plow:
- Implement with a heavy, curved blade to turn over sod
- Pulled by a horse or an ox
Buffalo chips:
- Dried buffalo droppings
- Used as fuel in pioneer stoves
Cellar:
- Dug-out room below the house or outside of the house
- Stayed cool so was used to store fruits, vegetables, and meat
Churn:
- Device that stirred cream to make butter
Cistern:
- Holding tank for rainwater or water hauled in
Claim shanty:
- One-room, wood-frame house used on homestead claim
Colorizing:
- Hand-coloring black and white photographs to make subjects look more real
Cook car:
- A small house on wheels used for cooking for threshing crews
Disk:
- Harrow with sharp, circular plates instead of teeth
Drill:
- Implement that plants crop seeds
Firebreak:
- Strip of plowed land surrounding the house and other buildings to stop prairie fires
Furrow:
- A long, narrow groove cut in the ground
Harrow:
- Implement with sharp teeth that digs into the soil
- Breaks up clods of earth
Hay:
- Grass that has been cut and dried to be used as livestock feed
Immigrant trains:
- Trains that carried immigrants from a port to western points
- Boxcars could be rented by families to transport their belongings
Lignite:
- Very soft coal found in western North Dakota
Livery stable:
- Barn in town that rented out horses and buggies
- Place for keeping horses temporarily
Mule:
- Offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
- Not able to reproduce themselves
Outhouse:
- Outdoor toilet
Ox:
- A full-grown bull that has been neutered
- Huge animal, stronger than a horse
Oxen:
- More than one ox
Poultry:
- Birds raised for eggs or meat
Scythe:
- Long, curved blade with a handle
- Used for cutting grain
Shocking:
- Picking up bundles of grain from the ground by hand and placing them upright in groups to dry
Sod:
- Grass-covered soil held together by matted roots
Soddie:
- Sod house
Speculator:
- A person who bought land at a cheap price for the purpose of selling it at a higher price
Stoneboat:
- A type of sled that could glide over fields, grass, snow, or ice
- Pulled by a team of horses
Tar paper:
- Heavy paper covered with tar and used for waterproofing
Threshing:
- Separating the grain from the straw
Threshing machine:
- Separated the kernels of grain from the stalks
- Operated by a crew of workers
Whitewash:
- Mixture containing water and lime used as paint