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Chicken Moving Day/ Chicken Update1909 AmericaWhat was life like 100 years ago? Well, this came across in an email and I thought it was interesting. I have not personally verified any of these statitistics, so they may not be accurate. We tend to believe everything that we hear or see in print, but who really knows? I do think that this has the ring of truth to it, however. Enjoy! ~Eric
THE YEAR 1909
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Of paved roads.
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which Were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. '
Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Entering into their country for any reason.
1. Pneumonia and influenza
Hadn't been invented yet.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school...
One full-time servant or domestic help.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND
Where Time Stood StillThe other day I came across a nice book about the region where God has allowed me to have my homestead. Pure Water Hollow is part of the area the author of the book calls “The Southern Appalachian Region”. This book is entitled Where Time Stood Still, and was written in 1970 by Bruce and Nancy Roberts. I enjoyed their brief history and description of the region so much, I decided to quote 8 paragraphs from pages 3-5. (Three of those pages are nice black and white photographs.) “Today, the term Many of them came from The first settlers literally lived off the land, eating Indian corn, berries, and wild game. Their possessions were often limited to an ax, a knife, a rifle, and a loom. But even during those early days, these men and women never considered themselves poor. For they owned land, and this had not always been possible in It was their land that gave them a feeling of worth, a sense of pride and of being men among men. A basic need was fulfilled, and to this day natives of Having pushed into the mountains by the time of the American Revolution, they raised large families in the shelter of the coves and valleys, often naming their settlements after the families who lived there. Game was abundant, the valleys fertile, the climate mild, and the country was beautiful. The land seemed to cast a spell over it people. Spring was and still is an unforgettable succession of wildflowers, from the first feathery white blooms of the “sarvis” to the purple mist of the redbud trees to the later profusion of white dogwood. Throughout the forests may be found every shade of green in the spectrum. Along with the new leaves come the startling beauty of the wild flame azalea, vast stretches of laurel thick with tiny pink blossoms, and spectacular pink and red rhododendrons covering entire mountainsides with a mass of color. If these people who loved their mountains so well could not leave them in the spring, how could they do so in the fall when they resemble the palette of an absent-minded painter who has allowed one brilliant color to flow into another. Summer rains and mists are gone, and over this dazzling display is an intensely blue autumn sky ablaze at dusk with the most dramatic sunsets of the year. It is now over three hundred years since pioneers first settled the recesses of the
I wanted to capture these words here on the blog because they ring so true to what we have observed and felt ourselves. We are truly blessed to be here, and I so appreciate those that have gone this way before us! { Last Page } { Page 1 of 4 } { Next Page } |
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