America in the 1880s - Full Documentary

My grandson is the sixth generation to live in the home place in Tennessee. The family came here around 1875 from Texas in a covered wagon. There's a wedge and peg wardrobe that was broken down and carried here in that covered wagon that still stands in the two story farm house. They set up a saw mill in the back field and the home was built from the trees from the land. We have an original saw blade with the home painted on it that still hangs in the home. I was married to the fourth generation and brought my son, fifth generation, home from the hospital where my son still lives and works the land with his family. I love the history and the lifestyle. It still amazes me the strength of the pioneers.

I was fortunate to meet my great, great, great grandma at the age of ten, she was a tiny lady from the 1818 era, she carried a beautiful beautiful smile 🥰

November 1991, 5th period: Social Studies Teacher rolls in a large TV from the LIbrary. Inserts VHS, turns out the lights, this.

In second and third grade I went to a two room school house. There were several horses grazing outside that the kids had ridden to school. In my late teens I ran a thirty mile trap line taking muskrat, beaver and mink. I've been to two rendezvous selling my pelts. I broke wild horse to saddle and shot just about every handgun made and several derringers. The house I grew up in was built before electricity and indoor plumbing. I'm 72.

Everything changes and evolves. I am so grateful for indoor plumbing and electricity!

I would love to be able to travel back in time to the 19th century. To be able to meet the people and experience life at a much slower pace would be something.

The house I grew up in was built in 1880. I delivered papers to even older apartment buildings in the 1960s. I looked on Google Earth a couple weeks ago and every single one of them is still there!

Sure it was only $10 to get your film developed and a new roll of film installed but $10 in 1890s was equivalent to $330 today, so not many people were doing it.

i hate that there are no pictures before 1850...

Those who came here were told you must be self reliant. Today, the laziest of the laziest come here just want a hand out, not a hand up!

My grandparents were born in the 1880s, and my great grandfather died in 1933, and he was a Civil War soldier. Most of the greatest people were born in the 1800s.

Growing your own garden, your own little orchard, and raising your own chickens, ducks and other smaller farm animals, and a wood burning stove inside the house. Clean air, and all food is organic and clean. What a wonderful world that must have been. 🌎 No traffic, no pollution, no annoying noises. Wow.

This should be shown in all middle and high schools.

Up to the civil war, they didnt think about time, or miles, they measured travel and distance by "days".

Merry Christmas ⛄🎁 We are blessed to be here!

My gpa was born in 1881. He was still using a mule & a horse team to plow his 40 acres when he was in his 60's. He also raised grains to make his own feed. I wished i couldn't learned more from him!

It's hard for me to grasp that this was a mere 10-20 years before one set of my grandparents were born

This is a great documentary. From the narration to the music, this doc is absolutely fantastic 👍👍

What a great documentary you have made ! Thought provoking and sad that such days are gone forever.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland and died in Canada. He did spend a bit of time in the US working with the deaf.