How it Was

Episode 29: Did you ever say “My, how I’d like to have lived in the good old days.”? No cares or worries, no electric lights, no gas or oil to heat with, no vacuum cleaner, no automatic washer or dryer, no electric refrigerator or deep freeze, no radio or T.V. and but few telephones, no automobile or airplane, no atomic bomb. If they didn’t have all of these, what did they have, and how did they go about laying the foundation for the life that is ours to enjoy today. This episode of Robbinsdale Revisited explores the early settlement of Robbinsdale, blending biography with diary excerpts that capture the rhythms of daily life in the late 1800s. It highlights how the Shumway family worked alongside neighbors to build the village, support one another, and establish their church.