What would we do without basic necessities like electricity and running water? We are fortunate enough to live in a day and age when technological advancements make our lives easier so we often take these things for granted. Imagine living as a pioneer. Most of us wouldn't be able to live that way for more than a day or two before we became completely distraught. We would miss our grocery stores, cell phones and plain, old A/C and heat. We would have a new appreciation for the pioneer age, that's for sure.
The pioneers didn't have the ability to hire more specialized individuals to do work for them or order tools online. They had to become creative and clever in order to survive. They didn't have much of a choice. By learning about the tools they valued, we can channel their innovativeness. We also might be surprised at what tools we still have in common with them.
Let's take a look at the tools that were crucial to the pioneers' survival!
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When I was a child, my great – aunt and uncle lived in an authentic log cabin. The well water was pure and sweet, but had to be toted quite aways. The kerosene for the lamps smelled some, but we were able to read by them. The joke on visitors who asked here’s the bathroom was to go pick a tree to get behind. They survived on a very small pension from his devastating injuries from WWI, and their knowledge of the plants and animals around them. It wouldn’t be easy, but it can still be done.
Got to by some horse’s
That would be awesome
One tool missing – an anvil . Tools break or need replacing and the anvil hasn’t changed in centuries . A 50 kg ( 112 lb ) London pattern anvil is good for shoeing horses , making hinges or other fixings and knives , axes and hammers . You can make a forge easily enough but even the professional smiths buy their anvil .
I’ve been living without electricity and running water for more than 10 years. It really is not much of an inconvenience to me. Though I haven’t had a television for the last 15 years, so TV wasn’t something I had to ‘give up’ when I went off grid. Most people would be really surprised at how unnecessary a lot of the electric devices they use are. I get by on a couple of devices that can be charged in my car and a couple that take batteries.