I was looking up log cabins and found this. Am I supposed to know who James Lewis was?

I wonder if they feel dumb now for playing into that 6' nonsense and mask garbage..

Great cabin. Need better resolutuon please!

Enjoyed the history,thanks so much

I was in Grad School in Iowa back then

It will be an event you can sink your sawteeth into!

SAWESOME!

1:01 closed the video here

12 kids and 2 adults in one room? How did the parents ever find any privacy to make those babies?

I understand the lack of real window glass, but it strikes me as funny that they were so pleased w/ the cedar boards for "chinking" bc they repelled bugs, but there's this great big, wide open hole in the wall... Mom told me that Mullen weed (sp?) made good TP...😉

Im 74, and my first job was to go down to the corn crib after grandad had shelled the corn for the chickens, to find around a doz or so soft fresh cobs and bring them up to the outhouse. Ive used them many times in the early 50s. They were soft and somewhat fluffy, and if you were using the last one, and your c..p was firm, u could turn it 1/2 round for a 2nd swipe

We really enjoyed this event, from the setup to the party and tear down. That’s one reason we are back here volunteering.

Familiar faces...familiar places. This was delightful!

I love this. I loved being there. What a fun event with a bunch of wonderful people <3

The main speaker should have said and then there was Maude. Awesome video.

How in the world did they sleep outside with mosquitoes ? Surely they had some sort of plant that kept mosquitoes away ?

Does a new tree grow out of the leftover trunk? I assume they must be prolific (or very tasty!) to warrant such work.

That’s a lot of work without a chain saw! Are the next steps arduous, too? How much swamp cabbage does a tree yield? How long will it feed a family? Did they can and preserve the leftovers? This is fascinating.

That was a fun video. Thank you.

Leave the masks off....they give a false sense of security...you will be much healthier in the long run...thanks.

My grandmother, born in 1913, said they used rags for TP. They kept a bucket in the outhouse for the used rags, and washed them weekly when they did laundry.

i live in a 1860 house with like a 200 year old stove

See how busy children used to be? No need for ADD medication! Wake up people.

Thanks so much- I love your videos about history

You need video editing to change the size of your video to fit on KZbin screen.

Most had out houses and being in a warm environment most would go to the out house barefooted. Doing so there is a parasite (I forget the name) that lived around human poo and it would enter the body through the feet. When infected it would cause people to be more lethargic and to appear "slow" and may be the reason that southerners got the stereotype originally.

I feel joyful looking back in time. Wish to go back.

The fireplace is on which directional side? N, S, E, W

This is really interesting

1:30. Oops

240P?? this ladies old phone should of got at least 480P. By 1870 they had other tools for making butter so that they had a small triangle tool that they could push with their foot.

Built by a 22 year old....what are most 22 year olds doing with their lives these days? And this isn't an "ok boomer" statement, I was 22 in the '90's and I definitely wasn't building my life up with log homes. I was partying and pretty much that's it. On a positive note, I have a cabin on my property that I'm restoring and this gave me some insight on how it was used.

Feathers were actually used for bedding and pillows

This was just wonderful. Please do more! I am 98 yrs old and I would like to see more. I was raised in a Victorian house in upstate New York. We had 4 bedrooms a full kitchen and by 1920 my father had a bathroom put in on the main floor. Our house was not like this one,but this house was a home and that's what counts, family and Love!

Very nice job with the impression you portray . Lots of information spectators would be interested in . May I add to your information ? Toilet wipeing was very often done with the hand . The left hand . This is documented and was done that way for centuries , and is still done in some impoverished countries to this day . This was the reason for shaking someone hand with the right hand . Aprons of white were rare . They showed dirt too easily . They were generally made of fabric from worn out clothing . What a wonder job was done with preservation of this historic building . Great job everyone . I do a mid 1800's impression so I am very familiar with many of the articles and facts you referred to . Again thank you for preserving this bit of history . . . . 💐

Fireplaces don't give off a lot of heat, and in winter the wood in woodstoves or cook stoves would burn nearly out at night. One banked the fire to have some coals left in the morning The cabins would be very cold in the morning. Generally the oldest boy would be up at 3 or 4 am to build a fire. (My parents grew up in 1930's Missouri and lived almost like this.)

I never knew about a "birthing chair" it sure doesnt look comfortable to give birth in.

What do they have for the roof?

Shucks, no real buttermilk. It's been decades since I had fresh churned butter on homemade bread and a big glass of buttermilk or even milk fresh out of the cow with cream floating on top.

Thank you for the interesting video. A word of advise, should you film another: Film in the traditional "landscape" orientation, with the camera turned horizontally.

Given the rather sparse amenities, Im surprised they could afford a pot to piss in.

Why would you film in vertical and in 1870 if there were to be a pandemic they would not have worried about staying 6 ft away and wear a mask because they were not sheep this country is a shell of its old self. Very annoying to watch.

Great videos for learning those kind of things, greetings from México 😃

vertical video is so sensless.

get to the point

Thanks for your dedication and for sharing for all of us.

{SHERVIN DELANO SMITH}🧭🌐🌏🌎🚤🚙⛽🌍

Much like something I recently learned. SOME people have a peanut butter knife in their bathroom.....(learned on TikTok)...apparently common in American Households today.

11 kids in a 1 room cabin! good thing kids weren't allowed to talk back then. could have got a little noisy.

I'm sure it went from the cleanest to the dirtiest when washing up.