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F
Fair Grounds, see also County Fair
fairy
fairy ring
false front
fanning-mill
Farmer Boy
fascinator, see blog 11 August 2006
fashion plate
fasting
fawn
Fawn, calf
fawn colored / fawn-colored
fawn-gray
feather
"could have knocked her over with a feather"
down
eagle feather / eagle-feather
feather bed / feather-bed / featherbed
feather-stitching
feathery
"fine feathers make fine birds"
goose feather / goose-feather
ostrich
pen shaped like a feather
pillow
feed
double feed
feed-bins
feed-box / feedbox
feeding ground
feedsack
feed room / feed-room
Livery, Sale and Feed Stable
Royal Wilder's feed store / Wilder's Feed Store
store
fence
board
crooked rail / rail
log
mending
no fences
picket
stone
fertilizer
poor man's fertilizer, see blog March 24, 2005
fever'n'ague
fichu
fiddle
bow
"face as long as a fiddle"
fiddle box / fiddle-box
string
Fields, Fred
fife
fig, dried
figure, dancing
figure, china / people / shape
figures on railroad grade-stakes
wax figures
figuring
figure it out
file a claim
take a claim / take up a claim
fire, ball of
fire-break
firecracker / fireworks
firecracker explosion of noise
fireman
fireplace
building a fireplace
First! The heel and then the toe, see polka
fish / fishing
buffalo fish
bullhead
catching with a net
catfish
cod, see cod
fishpond story
fish-trap / trap
fried
"flying"
pickerel, see pickerel
"raining fishhooks and hammer handles!"
raw
salted / salt
shiners
trout, see trout
Fitch, John
Mr. Fitch's store
flag, blue flower
flag, banner
American, see also Stars and Stripes
flagpole
flail
flannel
red flannels / flannel underwear / flannel underclothes / flannel underthings
red flannel in kerosene to make the lamp pretty
underflannels
union suit
fleece
Floating Scow of Old Virginia, The
Florida
oranges
flounce
flour
brown
flour sack / flour-sack
flour-paste
graham
groundwheat
mill
rye
white flour / white-flour
flute, musical instrument
flower
"April showers bring May flowers"
black-eyed Susan
buffalo bean pods, see blog April 1, 2005
buttercup
cornflower
flag
geranium
grass flower / grassflower
lilac
lily-of-the-valley
morning glory
rose / wild rose
pansy
sorrel
sunflower
thimble flower
tiger lily
violet
weeds
wild flower / wildflower
windflower
yellow
Flutterbudget / flutterbudget
folly
Forbes family
Hiram
Docia
Lena Waldvogel
Jean / Gene Waldvogel
ford
Ford, Henry, see "Henry Ford's Own Story"
foreman
forest
of canes
of grass
forte
fort, see also bastion, stockade
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge trail
Fort Duquesne
Fort Gibson
Fort Ticonderoga
snow-fort
Foster, Mr.
brilliant speller
butchers oxen
shoots wild and lets Lady loose
foundation
church
log house
Forth of July
mittens
fox
little foxes are kittens
red
track
frame house
France
French / French language
French calico
French Creek, see French Creek
French Joe, see French Joe
French knot, see French knot
Frenchmen / French boys
explorers
Lazy John
little French horse, see French horse
priest, see De Smet, Father
spoken by Osage
swearing in French
Frank (Almanzo's cousin), see Day, Frank
Franklin, Benjamin
Fred (railroad foreman in Kingsbury County), see Fields, Fred
free and independent
free trade
freeze drying
French Creek
French horse / little French horse
French Joe
French knot
freshet
frock
frog
bullfrog
"frog in your throat"
leap-frog
frost
frosted grapes, see grape
frost plum, see plum
hoarfrost
Jack Frost, see Jack Frost
frost-bite / frostbite
full-blood
Fuller, Gerald
Fuller's Hardware
furrow
fur
blue cat fur, see blog 17 August 2005
cap
cape / shouldercape / muff
coat
hat
ear-muffs
"four don't go fur"
furry
"furry as a bear"
fur-traders
robes / buffalo robes
trading
trapping
winter
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