The Rugmaker's Homestead '99 Learn to make a rag rug. The Overland Trail Tons of really interesting, exciting stuff. The Home Steader Web Ring Family History of Walter Scott Eldon s Jerky and Sausage Supply Everything you need to cure meat. I t has been said that when a person dies a library burns. Only those who have tried to compile a life story on someone who has departed this life knows what a reality this is.
Today there is an increasing self awareness among many toward becoming more self reliant.
The pioneers of 100 years ago were already more self sufficient than most of us will ever be. Perhaps instead of looking to the future and new ways of doing things, we ought to at least take a small look into the past and re-acquaint ourselves with the old ways that are proven, that work, yet are nearly forgotten. The subjects listed on this page comes from the old folks themselves. Occasionally their stories have been supplemented with newer ways of doing the same things, but generally the ideas and methods remain theirs. All rights reserved.