In the early 1800s, pioneer families worked together on farms, learning essential agricultural skills from a young age. Children helped with chores, such as gathering eggs and feeding animals.

When the Burford Fair started in 1860, it was a way for the farming community to gather to celebrate the end of harvest and ...

Agriculture has a rich history in the state of Missouri in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The agricultural surplus produced by Missouri farmers was often sold downriver to plantation societies in the ...