RE: [DL] Frontier House

[Eric Avedissian <eric@pro-usa.net>]

>Hey, did anyone else watch Frontier house on PBS last week?

>'Twas about 3 families, they basically were setup as settlers in 1883,
>travelled to montana, build or finised building log cabins, planted
crops,
>had chickens etc.  The goal was to prepare for winter.

Yeah, I saw it. I thought Mr. Clune was a snob for vilating the
experiment and stashing away a spring mattress when everyone else had to
sleep on rope strung beds.

It was interesting in the role of children in farms back then. When
you're a kid, the family puts you to work helping out, not like today.

And I liked the contrast between families and how they perceived the
maintenance on their farms.
And of course killing the animals always upset the children. Poor little
piggy!

Still, an interesting premise...

Marshal Eric