The American West Heritage Center’s education department invites all teachers to reserve a trunk that we lovingly refer to as a “field trip in a box”. Traveling Trunks are perfect complements to history and social studies units that focus on the history of the West, Utah Studies, American history, Cache Valley history, and Native American culture and history.
Trunk check out is free with a refundable $200 deposit.
For more information or to schedule a Traveling Trunk, please contact Annalise Christensen
(435) 245-6050 | achristensen@awhc.org
The Shoshone Traveling Trunk
The Shoshone Traveling Trunk was developed in partnership with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, who have been in Northern Utah since time immemorial. This trunk includes a Guide for Teachers and is full of activity plans, maps, worksheets and historical information. Trunk items include beads, shells, furs, nuts, toys, clothing items, and books. All items are to be touched and held, unless otherwise specified.
Trunk Size: 16″x18″x35″
The 1917 Traveling Trunk
The 1917 Traveling Trunk helps teachers talk about early industrial farm life and World War 1 and how it affected families in Utah. This trunk is full of maps and historical artifact information. Trunk items include household products, working tools, World War 1 items, clothing, children’s objects, and books. All items are to be touched and held, unless otherwise specified.
Trunk Size: 28″x19″x25.5″
The Fur Trade Traveling Trunk
The Fur Trade Traveling Trunk covers the timeframe 1820-1840, when trappers and traders made a living in the Intermountain West. In 1826, all the trappers met in Cache Valley for their annual meet-up, called a rendezvous. This trunk includes a Guide for Teachers and is full of activity plans, maps, worksheets and historical information. Trunk items include beads, blanket, furs, hunting and trapping tools, clothing, jerky, and books. All items are to be touched and held, unless otherwise specified.
Trunk Size: 15″x24″x36.5″