This is the Place/ Welfare Square

On our second day in Salt Lake City, we went to This is the Place State Park and Welfare Square.  This is the Place is a state park in which they have moved or rebuilt a lot of homes from the pioneer settlements or homes around the state of Utah.  They have volunteers and workers that are dressed up like pioneers that talk to you about the different buildings and tell you about what life was like for the pioneers.  The kids got to see what laundry was like.

They panned for gold. 

 They rode a tiny train.

 

 

They went to a lesson at school where they learned about the lessons they would learn and discipline at school and how they would have to stand and hold their hands just so to answer any question.  I asked the kids if they would rather go to school now or back then, and they said now, but just barely. 

 

 They also got ice cream, of course.

 They learned about printing back then.

 There was an indian dance, that was very well done.

 They also got to ride ponies- and we went in a blacksmith shop and a chair makers.

We saw this donkey that had 5 legs!

 That same day, we went to Welfare Square.  I had heard about it, but never been there before.

We saw the bakery, the cheese factory, and where they process nutritional powders.

 At the end, we had yummy chocolate milk and cheese samples.