Pie suppers provided a major source of funding for many of the region's one-room schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Pie suppers had strong courtship elements until the early twentieth century.
Before birth control or child support laws, it was economically dangerous and socially unacceptable for an unmarried woman to interact with a young man her community didn't know.
Pie suppers commonly included a "beauty cake" popularity contest.
Several girls would be nominated to receive the cake, and their respective admirers would lobby for votes, which were typically priced at a penny each.