Jim+Fairchild

=Meet Jim Fairchild - Rope Maker=

Ropes were made by braiding and twisting fibers from plants like hemp and flax.
The rope maker often traded his rope for food and other supplies.

We wonder why rope was so important to the colonists.
Colonists needed rope for many purposes. Ropes were used to pull heavy loads. They were also used to tether horses and stake off an area of land.

The colonists did not have many resources. They had to use what was available like hemp and flax.
==== //We understand that rope was used for more that tying things together. It was also used to power machinery with pulleys that had grooves for the rope to travel through, like the spinning wheel pictured above.// ====