Learning the Old Ways

Here are some videos to see how people lived in the olden days and how they got things done.

Living in the 1800s

Pioneer Life in a Log Cabin

https://youtu.be/Uo5B7O12Ju0?si=3TOAe73T3n3TxXAd

This 11 minute video shares what it might have been like living in a log cabin. From the Lee County Historical Society, Alabama.

Pioneer Living: Miking a Cow & Churning Butter

https://youtu.be/llj6S-Oap5I?si=90VF3YQohAyGo-Pp

1:37 minute video on milking a cow and churning butter from the William B. Ide Adobe SHP in California.

Traditional
Blacksmith Shop

https://youtu.be/mH2OF2Uz7N8?si=eVt8izvPTxzjb9Yz

This 3:30 minute video shows a traditional blacksmith shop in action. We have such a shop at Fort Croghan. You can see it in action on Fort Croghan Day and Christmas at Fort Croghan and during some other times too.

Henry Repeating Rifle

https://youtu.be/NODdlLcWOhY?si=OEq-6sEldgTA4HMw

This 2 minute video is about the Henry Repeating Rifle introduced in 1860.

Life in the 1900s

1940s

Wartime Kitchen & Garden

https://youtu.be/7YELl6NM96g?si=r3kSlCjWtT6IQ4UM

This was a BBC production with 8 episodes following Ruth the cook and Harry the gardener as they deal with war in 1940s England.