Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/15/2010
During the colonial period, cattle horns were used by woodsmen and by soldiers for storing gunpowder in a safe, dry place. The horns also became decorative objects as they were personalized by the owner. Makers carved names, initials, dates, flags, battles, and even full maps on the exterior of the horns.
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This powder horn is inscribed "Robart Holmes, Ft. Edward 1758," and was used during the French an...
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Different colonial Bostonians introduce themselves through Kay Winter's poems or free-verse vigne...
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