Pioneers had important jobs like doctors, storekeepers, and blacksmiths. They grew their own food and preserved it for winter like salted pork, potatoes, corn, and dried apples. Pioneer children attended one-room schoolhouses taught by teachers paid by parents. Lunches brought to school typically included bread, meat, eggs, cheese, fruit, and milk. Pioneer homes were built by the family and clothing was made by women at home from locally available materials. Pioneers traveled westward in covered wagons pulled by oxen to establish new settlements in North America away from friends and family.