FRONTIER HOUSE: A WINDOW INTO REAL DEAL HOMESTEADING

Have you ever thought about what life would be like if you lived without all of the conveniences of modern day life?  Have you ever considered exactly what would be required of you should you be faced with the reality of having to be completely self sufficient?  What if you had to grow all of your own food or build your own house?  It doesn’t take long when you’re talking about preparedness to begin to wonder what it would be like to have to survive in a world that’s been thrown back into the 1800s by some catastrophic event like an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that takes down the power grid, what life might be like after society collapses as a result of the end of the age of cheap oil/energy or following some apocalyptic man-made or natural disaster.  I would argue it’s hard to fully comprehend just how difficult it would be for the average American to adjust to this new way of life simply because most people don’t have any idea of the various skills it would take to even begin to be able to sustain themselves.  Not only does they not have the appropriate skill set, they don’t even realize what they don’t know.  That’s why I wanted to put together this series of educational videos that aired on PBS in 2002, Frontier House, in which modern day families live and survive on an 1883 homestead for five months as they prepare for a Montana winter.  Hopefully after watching this series of videos you will have a much better understanding of what life would be like if all of the advantages of 21st century living were stripped away.  Enjoy.

Semper Paratus!

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