My husband and I also have indian blood in our backgrounds. My husband's uncle had a large patch of skin on his back that was "red".
According to family lore my great great grandma was kidnapped out of a covered wagon going across kansas and had a son that was half indian.
There was a diary at one time.
When my son was in grade school he found a book on an Indian Chief Quanah Parker comanche chief who with his tribe were living at Keokuk Iowa (60 miles south of us) and there was a big war. There was a chapter about his family and there was a statement that showed we were related to him. I can't find that book anymore but I would love to have it.

I'm 1/8 Cherokee. My grandfather could remember his mother leaving every spring to walk and visit her tribe. The rest of me is English and Scottish, but proud of that little original American blood. Just told DH about all the arrowheads there and he is ready to visit Iowa! :lol: May get him to take a road trip to California yet, as long as we come through Iowa! Do you know the name of the book? Maybe on Amazon. It would be worth looking into. That's some powerful blood that you are related to. Hope you can find It!


Ninnie

There are a couple of little museums close to us that have displays of arrowheads. I don't have more than two or three I think -I don't know if my mom has my dad's or not -probably so.
The little museum in Wapello has a big map and other artifacts that show the history of the Indians in our local areas. There is a lot of Indian memorabilia in this area. As far as buying any I'd have to do some research tho my son may know of some. Everyone who was born and raised here can tell you stories of their heritage here. My dad's family are Quaker and came west from the east coast. My aunt has tracked our line to four ancesters who came over on the mayflower. There are birth and death records to show for it.

We also live abour three blocks from a house(now a museum) that is an underground railroad and this area was very instramental in that railroad.

My mom and I have been working on geneology some over the last few years. It is fun In the Lewellan House(Museum above) I saw a large poster that listed all the quakers that were married before the House of Quakers in Oskaloosa and my great great grandparents were married on the same day as our wedding date (Jan 19)only they were married in 1810. What fun!!

We have what is called The Indian Mounds. which is a state park with the original dirt mounds that they held their ceremonies in. If we take a road trip, I will have to map out places like that all along for DH. As long as I can hit all the quit and fabric shops! We may never get to California! :lol: Hope to be able to do it next spring, saving my money for fabric. Still think you need to try to run down that book!



Ninnie

When I was a teenager my parents and I went to the Green ? Indian mounds in northern Iowa. But they closed it to the public because it was too detrimental to the remains and there was a lot of anger that the remains weren't being honored.

i love that stove and all your chicken and rootsers ,wonderful collection Rhonda :mrgreen:

Thank you Nellie! :D It's so much fun to go looking for things to add.
My husband is handicapped and this is something we enjoy doing together.

How fun to hear what everyone collects! Unfortunately, I live in a relatively small house with a man who doesn't like "stuff" around. So I have to be clever how I keep my "pretties." :lol: :lol:

I collect blue, white, and blue&white pitchers and creamers. I've got large white ones on the open end of our birch bookcases in the living room; smaller blue ones on the white open end shelves in my dining room; larger blue and white ones on a white shelf that goes around our [very] yellow office; and lastly, I have four shelves filled with creamers of sizes (but all white, blue, or blue&white) in the cabinets in my dining room. [pictures when I can...]

I've picked most of them up at Target or Ross, surprisingly. The rest from eBay or on trips here and there. Some very new, some very old. All loved.

I also collect the little figurines that come in Red Rose Tea [http://www.redrosetea.com/figurines.aspx]. I've got about 50 of them on the back of my sewing table, grouped by collection, of course! 8)

Quiltin Lady I looked at the link for the Red Rose tea. The figurines are cute!! My grandson is autistic and he is obsessed with the Wiggles kid show. On there Dorothy the dinosaur makes tea from her roses and it is called rosy tea. He would love that Red Rose tea!! I took one look at the box of tea and thought aha rosy tea!! I'll have to get some for him!

I have a few old cream colored pitchers but not a lot about 6 or 7 I think
Would love to see pictures of yours! One of my favorites is Victorian looking but it has a long crack on one side. I just set it so that side doesn't show!

Blue --

They are really cute! I tell people that I'm collecting the figurines for when the grandkids come, but that's a fib.... They're for me! :lol:

I'll try to get some photos of them and the pitchers done this weekend. My DH, luckily, doesn't really know how many of the latter I have! :-)