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What if, you could travel back in time...
Oh!
To hear how people enjoyed music before there were ipods.
To see...
Ooh, it’s soft.
How families got around before there were cars.
Giddy up!
To feel...
Okay, you pull.
How hard people had to work a hundred years ago.
Go slow cuz i really like my fingers.
Well, you can.
Okay.
When you cross this bridge... You’ll find yourself back in 1899...
It’s like you’re back in the old days!
In a small Minnesota town called Forestville.
In Forestville, children pitched in with the chores.
First we shell the corn.
And then we crack the corn.
Just about anything on this farm you can learn in a couple of hours tops.
In Forestville...
The smell-o-rama’s just begun here.
Families grew their own food instead of going to grocery stores.
It’s hard. It’s like grabbing the ground and stuff, but it’s fun.
They made most of their meals from scratch...
Use some muscle, Shannon.
That pie is making me hungry.
That’s cool. Aw, that’s quicker!
Costs about 40 cents in the Sears and Roebuck.
Whatever people couldn’t make...
Hello, welcome.
They bought at a general store.
Who's got the shopping list?
Pretty different from the stores you visit today.
Go ahead, Kyra and measure out two yards there.
Back then people didn’t have a lot of paper money.
Are any of you gentlemen interested in purchasing a new pair of boots?
So how did they pay for things?
Think about it… Talk about it… And find out the answer...
Jaunty
When you travel back in time....
I think she'll get herself a husband by the time she's 17, 18.
Yeah Meghan
To Historic Forestville.