Great article with lots of good information. One thing that was not listed was a wedge. You needed a wedge and a mall your large hammer to split wood for fires and house building.
A head knife for cutting and skiving leather. Also handy for skinning large animals and fleshing hides. An awl for making holes in leather in order to sew it.
A froe for splitting roof shakes. A vise, even a small one, is handy. A broad metal chisel to cut nails from bar stock at the forge and to fashion many other metal items. Davis: Thanks for posting this list. It is both interesting and helpful. Although I have a great many of the tools listed, I see a some that I really should add. Even if sheltering in place, some of power tools we have will not work in a grid down situation and so we need manual replacements.
One item that was overlooked in the list is a hand brace for drilling holes. Yes, you can use other devices to make holes in metal and wood, but nothing works like a hand brace or hand drill and wood bits designed for use in a hand brace. I might add I just noticed that the shotgun is an over and under model. The double barreled shotgun that was extant in the Old West and on most rural farms was a side by side. Well, here we go, from The American Rifleman magazine one of the official publications of the National Rifle Association.
The side by side double barrel shotgun dates from the days of the flintlock. In the description of a flail, the tool pictured is actually called a sickle. Such as trimming grasses from among tomato plants. The flail can also be called nunchuck.
In addition to harvesting wheat and other grains it was also a battle instrument. Today, possession of flails is a felony in the PDRK. Am considering having an International Scout conclave of my 3 year pioneer study. I have used many of these tools. Memories light my joy Yellowbird. A froe can be fairly easily made from a leaf spring. Hard lye soap is made with beef or venison suet.
Retired with 3 cats, eventually a bird dog. Unfortunately, in earlier years, teachers and parents lent considerable effort to force their left-handed children to use their right hand.
My father was mostly ambidextrous and my youngest brother is somewhat that way. He shoots a rifle left handed but shoots a pistol right handed, signs his name and writes left handed.
Which I think is a good thing. Is my favorite tool. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Home All Articles. March 28, Hammers The first tools men made were stone hammers.
Saws Small bits of wood can be cut and shaped with a knife. Spade Most of us think of a spade or shovel as a tool for yard work. Plow If you want a good crop you need to loosen and turn over the top layers of soil, to bring up nutrients and distribute them evenly.
Harrow A plow is very good at turning over the soil, but it usually leaves many large lumps. Scythe The first mechanical reapers were built by the Romans, but the technology was lost for centuries after the Empire fell.
Flail Once grain has been harvested you need some way to separate the actual grains from the husks. Spinning wheel Westerns often focus on cattle ranching, but a lot of the livestock raised by the pioneers was sheep.
Iron We iron our clothes to make them look smart. Needles Most people have a packet of needles around the house somewhere, for sewing on buttons and other minor repairs. Share Tweet Pin Comments 39 Raggadyann says:. Al says:. J says:. T-Rex says:. P says:. Harrowed fields for years. Straight spikes to break up dirt clods not move hay. Robocoastie says:. Graywolf12 says:. Softballumpire says:. Pencilpusher6 says:.
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Cleveland also boasted several large firms dedicated to the wholesaling of hardware, much of it related to wagon and carriage manufacture and much of it made in Cleveland. Though the field included a fluctuating number of concerns, the leaders were the GEO.
The products of such firms greatly impacted the way American horse-drawn vehicle manufacturers constructed their products by encouraging assembly through easy access to uniform and reasonably priced ready-made parts and hardware.
No longer had a carriage maker to forge each metal reinforcement and shape each wooden part by hand—such items were available through the catalogs of firms like Worthington, Cray, and others. By the s and s Cleveland boasted a mature and productive vehicle industry with a wide variety of firms scattered across both sides of the city. Many had come to specialize in a particular vehicle type.
Their output consisted of light sprung wagons for the delivery of groceries and other dry goods as well as heavier open and closed wagons and drays for the delivery of milk, beer, and ice. Some were fortunate enough to secure contracts for the construction of entire fleets for breweries and ice companies; many splendidly decorated ice wagons provided excellent advertisements for the wares of a mature and sophisticated industry.
Cleveland had a few small scale makers of cheap buggies as well as several dealers in buggies made by wholesale factories in Columbus, Cincinnati, and elsewhere. Finally, a few shops specialized in vehicle painting while others concentrated on repair work.
Cleveland's wagon and carriage industry peaked at the turn of the century with over 80 firms producing vehicles and a couple dozen more turning out parts and ancillary goods. Most lacked the engineering skills and equipment needed to successfully manufacture a form of transportation which relied more on metal than on wood in its construction.
Best suited to survive the transition were the wagon and carriage parts makers. Already possessing the skills and machinery to manufacture metal parts, firms such as Eberhard and Cleveland Hardware began making and selling auto parts, and the descendants of these firms continue to make Cleveland one of the leading U. Most wagon and carriage shops simply filled their last orders, discharged their work force, and liquidated their assets in the face of a sea change in American transportation.
By the number of Cleveland horse-drawn vehicle firms was down to less than 40 and dropping fast. Continued use of wagons for some commercial applications such as milk delivery helped a few to survive into the s, and it was another twenty years before the last wagon maker disappeared from the city directory. But long before then the horse-drawn vehicle and the industry which produced it had become a thing of the past.
Kinney, Thomas A. Go to case. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Thomas A. Kinney Kinney, Thomas A. Article Categories. In the early days of the trail when game was more abundant near the trail, pioneers could often kill buffalo and antelope.
However, a more dependable supply of fresh meat was to bring along a small herd of cattle and trail them behind the wagon. Many also brought along a cow for milking purposes. Milk could also be churned into butter by simply hanging it in pails beneath the bumpy wagon. By the end of the day fresh butter would be ready.
A wagon in process of being loaded with supplies for the trek west on display at the Trail Center. Display of rifles and muskets at the Oregon Trail Center.
Historical Trails. Trail Center Merchantile Store.
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