The Flower Family Celebrates Statehood and a Wedding

In 1803, Ohio symbolized the American Dream. Though it had just joined the Union, it was sparsely populated and still very much the Western Frontier. Statehood was the most exciting event of many young settlers' lives. Americans young and old caught "Ohio Fever." In the second book of the Fowler Family paper doll series, the Fowlers have built a gristmill and a new two-story log home. With the mill have come new settlers, and their little crossroads town has grown. This day, however, is especially joyous. It is Independence Day, and what's more, daughter Anna will marry her betrothed, schoolmaster William Howe. This paper doll book, illustrated by Norma Lu Meehan, draws on holdings of ten North American museums.