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Back to the Frontier Season 1 Episode 8- Prove It Or Lose It - 1080p
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00:00Three families have spent a summer in the wilderness swapping their 21st century
00:11lives for an 1880s homestead. Two done, one to go. Last time they harvested their wheat.
00:19That'll be a dollar. And while two families paid to have it processed.
00:24We only have six cents left. Okay. Not everyone was so lucky.
00:29We can't afford the dollar. And the homesteads were hit by a deadly frost.
00:36This is not the garden. Cucumbers done. With winter closing in,
00:42the families face one final push to prove they can succeed as 1880s homesteaders.
00:59Ethan, their water's fully ice. The entire thing?
01:14It's two months since our families moved to the frontier. Last night, temperatures plummeted,
01:23destroying vegetables crucial to filling their pantries.
01:29Everything counts. We need to scrape this garden like a fine tooth cone.
01:35Yes, sir.
01:36Understand this. If we don't get what we need out of this garden, we may not prove up with the pantry.
01:39Let's get to it. All right? Be positive about this.
01:43Can't be positive about this. Can't be positive about the corn. It's done.
01:49The frost has already gotten my tomatoes. Look.
01:52Mama's frustrated. This pantry's frustrating her. This pantry's frustrating us.
01:58So look, let's help out wherever we can. All right?
02:01I'm going to pull as many as I can, Maddox. Okay.
02:06You're going to be good at the potatoes? Yep.
02:10Okay. Let's hope for some life under the death that it looks like on top, okay?
02:17Yes, right. Okay.
02:20Also taking stock are the Hannah Riggs.
02:26Oh, that sucks.
02:27Oh, tomatoes.
02:32I just touched them and the greens ones just fall off.
02:34We have so many tomatoes that are starting to ripen.
02:38It's completely frost dead.
02:42The garden after our frost is a little concerning because I don't know if that's going to be
02:46as much yield as we originally were planning on. There's a lot of pressure.
02:52At this point, it's just a matter of time before more freezes.
02:54This is definitely not a win.
02:59Having lost out to mother nature, the families turned to their trusty almanac to find out what
03:05the frontier has in store now. Here we go. Greetings.
03:10Your time as 1880 homesteaders on the frontier is almost at an end. When you first arrived,
03:17you were given three goals. To build and secure a comfortable home.
03:21Done.
03:21To farm the land and harvest a crop and to fill your winter pantry.
03:26In the 1880s, homesteaders had to earn the deeds to their land by building homes and lives on the plot
03:36they'd been given. It was called proving up. In two days, your cabin and pantry will be assist.
03:45Two days? Yeah.
03:48You will finally find out if your family has done enough to succeed as 1880s homesteaders.
03:55This is a huge undertaking in two days.
03:58It's 48 hours.
04:00I have to get the pantry ready when I'm not done.
04:03I have to do all that thrashing.
04:06I know.
04:08The halls have more to do than most, as in addition to filling the pantry,
04:14they have to process their own wheat.
04:17Like, I would have you guys help me, but you have to get that pantry.
04:21I don't know what we're going to do here.
04:23We won't fail because we're in the halls. We can do it.
04:28Yeah, maybe we have to have that spirit.
04:32We're really desperate to get this done. I mean, we've come this whole way.
04:36We're not used to failing.
04:38Yeah, it's going to be a long two days, that's for sure.
04:47I mean, I have some empty shelves and that's unacceptable.
04:51So, I definitely want to get those filled.
04:54I'm feeling defeated by the pantry.
04:57I mean, in all honesty, I'm not even half done.
05:01Anxiety and stress is at the highest level I think I've ever been in my life.
05:10We've got a long way to go.
05:11Take the long arm of your flail and with good force, swing it and bring the short arm down
05:21across the head of your wheat harvest.
05:22Jeremy's preparing to thresh their wheat by hand.
05:28This section will crush the ears, releasing the precious wheat berries from within.
05:33You will need to do this for a good deal of time.
05:36At least you'll know where to find me.
05:40In the 1880s, wheat was a cash crop for homesteaders.
05:45Selling it provided vital funds needed to survive.
05:50Take your anger out on it.
05:52Jeremy needs to produce 13 bushels, around 780 pounds of grain.
06:00Okay, can I take a look at something?
06:03Lift that up.
06:05Okay, I see the stuff in there.
06:07Yeah, look at that.
06:11I have two days to come up with 13 of these.
06:13I know.
06:14I can't even come up with one.
06:15Well, you just started, so have faith and whack it.
06:20Cheer up, Jeremy.
06:21Only 778 pounds to go.
06:25I'll see you later.
06:26I'll be here.
06:27Okay.
06:32The rest of the family are preparing produce for their pantry.
06:36These carrots are so wimpy.
06:38The good thing is you're getting lots of carrots and we can preserve them.
06:43Homesteaders didn't just rely on canning and pickling.
06:49They also preserve vegetables by packing them in dirt.
06:54It says trim the leafy tops and then you have to layer soil, carrots, soil, carrot.
07:00Think of it like a lasagna of dirt and carrots.
07:04I'm going to need a serious manicure after this.
07:10So we need to harvest all of our food.
07:12We had a frost last night and we need to make sure that all of these vegetables are put into our pantry.
07:19Garden time.
07:19Three, two, one.
07:21Henry's!
07:22Carrots!
07:23Carrots!
07:26Ethan's on a mission.
07:29Thank you, Lucas.
07:31Watching Ethan and Lucas evolve, they have grown so much.
07:36Hey, don't destroy our broom.
07:37Wait, where's Lucas?
07:38Ethan and Lucas.
07:40You can't just start running off.
07:42You're just running out?
07:43You could have spooked a moose, and mooses get very aggressive.
07:47The maturity that the boys are now showing, it's like, I'm super proud of Ethan and Lucas.
07:52Very nicely done, dude.
07:53High five.
07:55I swear, you could take a picture of that and put it on somebody's kitchen wall.
07:59And then you could put a sign above it that says, live, laugh, love.
08:01But not everyone's laughing.
08:13I think this is going to take a long time.
08:15I think this is going to take forever.
08:16I think it sucks.
08:17I think it's going to suck all day, and it'll probably suck more after that.
08:21So I guess I just have to leave myself be and figure it out.
08:24Honestly, I feel really bad that my dad has to do this task all alone.
08:36Which is really sad.
08:39I wish I could go help him, but I'm stuck in the kitchen.
08:42We have to get this pantry finished.
08:46This is a lot of weight on my dad's shoulders,
08:48and I know if he can't do this, it'll be devastating for him.
08:54As the sun starts to set, the lopers are hard at it too.
09:06We have a lot of work to do tonight.
09:07We have to get things job.
09:09We have to get things cooked off.
09:10We have to get the rest of the field pulled up and picked,
09:13just to get things in the pantry.
09:16It's going to be a long night.
09:20The entire family is working just as hard as I am.
09:25My kid and the boys are in the garden probably until nightfall.
09:30I can add this to my top five hardest days for sure.
09:39So how hard was it? What did he get done?
09:42It was a rough day.
09:44That didn't do very good. I only made five bushels.
09:48And I got one more day to do eight more.
09:52Oh boy.
09:56So that's it. That's what we're looking at.
10:01We all have a lot to do tomorrow.
10:03Tomorrow's a big day.
10:04We all have a lot to do today.
10:29In just 24 hours, the homestead experts will return
10:34to see if the family's pantries have the quantity and variety of food needed to prove up.
10:45The kids worked overtime last night.
10:48Like, they worked until dark in that garden.
10:50So the garden is clear.
10:52It's time to get this winter pantry finished.
10:58All right, on to the next one.
10:59Landon bought home the bacon.
11:06And leaving me to do all the work.
11:08Hey, baby.
11:11Bacon.
11:12I'm about to cure it.
11:14Don't know what I'm curing it from, but I'm gonna cure it.
11:20You know that?
11:21You need a cure.
11:22Let's see.
11:22Man, bacon.
11:24They just bring a smile to your face, don't they?
11:28Can we have some bacon tonight?
11:30Get out.
11:30I'm going back.
11:32Cure.
11:35Good girl.
11:38The priority for my pantry now is diversity.
11:41Thinking about it from a protein perspective, we have no meat in there.
11:45I just got to get it done.
11:46There is a lot that I have sacrificed for this experience.
11:54The way I eat.
11:55The cleanliness.
11:57That's the bathroom.
11:59You lying to me.
12:02Ah.
12:03They really live like this in the 18th century?
12:05Yes.
12:09I'm definitely not going home the same Stacey.
12:12You're right.
12:13This is by far one of the toughest experiences I've ever been through, but highly rewarding.
12:21To be able to see myself differently, and that's why this has been so rewarding for me,
12:28because I know what I did as a woman.
12:31I can't understand how our world is built on the work that men do,
12:38when women really were the ones who broke their backs.
12:45What now?
12:50Okay, so I do need two gallons of fresh milk, two cups of buttermilk.
12:55I don't want to mess this up.
12:58Lena is also learning new skills.
13:01Here I'm attempting to make cheese.
13:03I do feel the pressure to finish strong, and that's just the way I am.
13:10I want to make sure that everything is A-plus.
13:13Buttermilk?
13:15This cheese better be good.
13:16I know.
13:18I've only gotten to the first step, and I'm already, like, my heart's racing,
13:22because I want to do it right.
13:24I think that you can mess it up, and that's a lot of milk and a lot of stuff that you would waste.
13:28Milk isn't the only thing on Lena's mind.
13:38Time's running out.
13:41If we don't finish that one thing, everything that we did could be for nothing.
13:48And there's a lot at risk right now.
13:50Yesterday, I was only able to get five, so I don't know how I'm going to get the eight done today.
14:01And it's up to me whether we fail or succeed here.
14:06Having heard that his neighbors couldn't pay the thresher man, Joaquin is checking in.
14:22Hey, Jim.
14:22How you doing?
14:23What you up to?
14:26Threshing.
14:27Pulling grain out of straw.
14:31You need some help?
14:33You're good.
14:34I appreciate it.
14:34I'm not afraid of.
14:37Yeah.
14:38I come from a background where everybody's taking care of themselves.
14:43I don't get a lot of help outside of the frontier.
14:46You wouldn't need any help here.
14:48You really want to help?
14:49Yeah, seriously.
14:53What do you want to do?
14:55You can either sift through this, or you can beat some hay.
15:00I'll beat some hay.
15:00All right.
15:01What do they look like?
15:02I'll show you.
15:04There's no technique involved.
15:06It's just beating it, right?
15:08You can beat it hard, or you can beat it soft.
15:11All right.
15:15Well, I, this will save you some time.
15:17We're good.
15:18All right.
15:18All right.
15:20One thing I really had to realize, that's a lesson right there.
15:24You know, to allow people to help me.
15:32How long have you been beat this week, man?
15:34This is day two.
15:36I don't know if I'm going to make it before the sun goes down, though.
15:38I don't know.
15:39But we'll see.
15:52Look at the cheers.
15:55I'm scared.
15:56I came here to do something different, and I've learned so many things that I can take back.
16:09I'm so proud of myself.
16:11Good job.
16:12I do think about leaving and not being here anymore, and it makes me sad.
16:17Why?
16:19Why are you crying?
16:20What's the matter?
16:23It's just the confidence.
16:28Letting go of the makeup, the hair, the clothes has really made us value ourselves
16:33for who we really are.
16:34And I'm sorry.
16:41I don't know.
16:41I'm sorry.
16:42Back at home.
16:47I don't feel like I do enough.
16:49And here I do feel like I'm achieving so much, maybe.
16:55And it feels nice.
16:58We made cheese.
16:59We made cheese.
17:00I'm proud of you.
17:02Thank you, Zoe.
17:02With Joaquin's help, Jeremy's load has been lightened.
17:18I was loading these bags myself and wasted a bunch of it, too.
17:23Like I always say, man, extra hands can never hurt.
17:26He didn't have to do that, but it was really good because we got to talk, we got to bond,
17:33and I felt like I got my buddy out here, and that was amazing.
17:36Like, why was I so against it?
17:39You know, we're all here together.
17:43He represented exactly what a good neighbor would do, and it teaches me to be a better neighbor,
17:48you know?
17:51Wow.
17:53Thank you for your help.
17:54It's all right, man.
17:55I appreciate that, man.
17:57An extra pair of hands around here.
17:59Having helped Jeremy check off two more bushels,
18:03Joaquin's got to get back to his own chores.
18:06I've got four more to go.
18:08I'm kind of close.
18:10If I fail, my whole family fail, and I can't stand the thought of letting them down.
18:16With only hours until sundown, Jeremy's running out of time.
18:21For the rest, the race is on to finish their pantries.
18:26I have the beets.
18:28There's two more.
18:30Will they fit in that corner?
18:32There is a little bit of pantry panic right now.
18:39There's some empty shelves.
18:41So I have to figure out what else can come in here.
18:44Bring in some potatoes.
18:45Jeez.
18:46No, leave the cats up over there.
18:47Hold on.
18:48Just put it here.
18:49Without getting our pantry accomplished, then we don't get our land certificate.
18:54So, like, the pressure's real.
18:55There's no more space for it.
18:59Come on, mama.
19:00All right.
19:01We're just down to the wire at this point.
19:03Tomorrow's too late.
19:04It has to be done today.
19:07This may not be enough.
19:10We may have to put some more apples in there.
19:16I really hope it's enough.
19:21As darkness falls, the families have done all they can to reach their goals.
19:27Tomorrow, they'll find out if it's enough.
19:31But first, they face one final hurdle.
19:36Testimony from homestead neighbors.
19:38Ugh, the time has come.
19:42In order to claim land under the Homestead Act, families had to show they had improved
19:46the land by living on it and farming it.
19:49To do this, would-be homesteaders needed at least two neighbors to testify.
19:54I have to vouch for our neighbors.
19:58You know what that means?
20:00Not only do we have to vouch for them, they have to vouch for us.
20:04That's right, Jeremy.
20:06And things haven't always been smooth sailing between the families.
20:11We just wanted to drive them all the way up there.
20:14We came and helped you when you needed that.
20:18Yikes.
20:19We've worked way too hard to fail.
20:21I really don't think anybody's gonna not vouch for us.
20:25So, where do we start?
20:27The halls.
20:28I think they could have done a whole lot better with their money.
20:32Do you really think they would survive in the 1880s?
20:35Okay.
20:36Financially, no.
20:39From a work ethic, the grit, the grind, yes.
20:43They got skills.
20:45Yeah, they have a big decision to make.
20:49All right, Hannah Riggs.
20:51I'm gonna say it like this.
20:52I don't think they would make it as 1880 homesteaders.
20:55I'm a little stressed, so I have a pot full of dirty dishes that I have in clean jet.
20:59And I'm trying to keep the house together.
21:04Disgusting.
21:05You know, welcome to the 1880s.
21:07It's a miserable fail, is what it is.
21:09They do bring a sense of community, of, you know, bringing us together.
21:15And I will tell you this, I wouldn't mind having them as neighbors.
21:19The obvious thing is the Lopers are 100%.
21:22We're vouching for them.
21:23100%.
21:24The halls are a tougher conversation.
21:28I'm trying to think of things that they have helped with from a community perspective.
21:33If you could, spare a little time with me today.
21:36We're more than willing just to cut it off short and help you.
21:38Yeah, I don't really need help yet.
21:40Okay.
21:41I only have so much time I can help you guys because I got a family that's going to be bugging me.
21:46I think the only thing they've done as a community perspective is help build the school.
21:51On the positive side with Jeremy, I feel like he does have a pretty good work ethic.
21:54Yeah.
21:55Let's just say we needed something like a cup of sugar.
21:58Do you think we could go to our neighbors and borrow?
22:00I bet you the Lopers would easily because they've actually brought food over here.
22:07But I'm not sure I feel the same about the Hannericks.
22:10When I went to trade milk for eggs, I had two big gallons of milk, right?
22:15And they only had 12 eggs to give us, which was very little.
22:19But Joe made a comment.
22:21Well, if you have so much milk, the value is less.
22:24Trading with them was like pulling teeth.
22:27I think they needed our eggs more than we needed their milk or cream.
22:30Yeah.
22:31So even though they were trying to be a sensitive community,
22:33I think that was more about them than even trying to help us out.
22:35Yeah.
22:36You know I'm not going to vouch for anybody just to be a nice guy.
22:39And I don't even know if they're going to vouch for us the same way.
22:41Mm-hmm.
22:42I guess it's time to decide.
22:55Eight weeks ago, these families left the modern world behind.
23:12For the entire summer, this has been our home.
23:15It's a long time.
23:16Living without electricity, running water, or modern conveniences.
23:23Y'all know what?
23:24The first night was cold.
23:27And the last night was cold.
23:31You know, it's a different type of cold.
23:33They set out to succeed as 1880s homesteaders and ended up building something special.
23:41So how are you guys feeling about leaving today?
23:44I cried last night.
23:46You did?
23:47Yes, because it's like, I don't know.
23:49It's our home, you know?
23:50It is our home.
23:51We accepted it on day one.
23:55You know, we took it over as ours.
23:58Yeah, you know what this really shows us?
24:01That we can make a home wherever we go.
24:11Expert guides Jacob and Melissa have arrived to judge the lives our families have built here.
24:19A lot of doubt, a lot of nervousness about having my home, my pantry, our work assessed.
24:26I can't explain to you how painful it would be for us to miss out on the last certificate.
24:32Jacob and Melissa will decide if their pantries could have seen them through the winter.
24:43First up, the lopers.
24:44The lopers.
24:46Wow.
24:48This represents quite a bit of work.
24:51There are a lot of eggs here.
24:52There is.
24:53And I see quite a bit of harvest from the garden.
24:56So here, all of those carrots have been preserved.
24:59What have we got over here?
25:01Turkey stew using the feet.
25:05You say ew, but using the feet is an incredible source of collagen and gelatin,
25:14which was something they would need for all of the nutrients.
25:17Unfortunately, when done with rice like this in 1880s, homesteaders didn't have pressure canners.
25:23So this is potential for botulism and this is not safe to consume, unfortunately.
25:28Do they have any other meat to make up for it?
25:30Yeah, we do have a small amount here of cured bacon.
25:34And this has been done properly with salt.
25:37So this would last for up to a year.
25:40But if that is their only meat for the winter,
25:45they're going to be feeling it and the lack of protein pretty soon.
25:50Does this feel like a good pantry for the 1880s?
25:53There could be a little bit more on the shelves.
25:57We have a lot of good variety.
25:58There's a lot of pickled items.
26:00We've got tomatoes.
26:02There's fruit.
26:04But as far as protein and fat sources, it's a little slim.
26:14What a transformation.
26:16We are really invested as homesteaders.
26:18And it would really be a shame if somehow, some way, it just didn't pass the test.
26:24It is a very pretty pantry.
26:33I'm seeing a really good variety.
26:35We've got fruit, quite a bit of pickles.
26:38But what really gets me happy is to see they did quite a bit of fermenting.
26:42They didn't have multivitamins back then.
26:44Their food were their vitamins.
26:46So to see ferments on the shelf makes me really happy because those have a great high nutritional value.
26:52Looking at their fat and meat source though.
26:55So I do see a jar of some smoked trout, but I only see one jar.
27:00No other meat?
27:01Oh, I think we've got something here.
27:04Okay, this is the goat bacon.
27:08Am I going to want to eat goat bacon or should I stick with the normal pork bacon?
27:14As an 1880s homesteader, if your only option was goat meat, you would have used it as your protein source.
27:21Would you have enjoyed it as much as pork belly bacon?
27:25Probably not, but it is showing 1880s we use what we have rather than go without.
27:31And then, oh, we've got some wheels of cheese.
27:35Nice.
27:35Wonderful.
27:36And these are some fat wheels.
27:38Oh my goodness.
27:39So we've got three crocks full of butter.
27:44This is really exciting to see.
27:46They took the dairy that they had and were able to put up a fat source.
27:50So they have got some good bases covered here.
27:53I'm a little worried for the family size.
27:56They don't have enough protein.
28:01Wow.
28:03They have done a lot.
28:05There was definitely some questions stocking our pantry.
28:08Do we have enough?
28:10Yeah.
28:10We want to be 100% successful at this.
28:15This is a packed pantry.
28:17Such variety.
28:18Almost not room for us in here with all this stuff.
28:21I don't at all.
28:22They've taken advantage of sealing space.
28:25They're hanging their onions to dry.
28:27Oh, and we've got some herbs.
28:29Okay.
28:29This makes my heart very happy.
28:31They've really done a lot.
28:32So we've got varied varieties here of pickles.
28:36Oh, and look at the protein.
28:38They have been putting their eggs aside.
28:40That's incredible.
28:41And then there's quite a few packages of butter here.
28:45They didn't have a cow in milk.
28:47They had their goats.
28:49Hmm.
28:49So they must have done some bartering.
28:52Interesting.
28:53Smart, though.
28:54Very, yes.
28:56And then this is pork.
28:59Now, I have to say, when we did the auction, they made the best decision.
29:04Not only did they pay the least amount, but they got the pigs.
29:08And so they are well set.
29:11They've packed it in the jars.
29:14So I'm really pleased with this pantry.
29:16We probably have the biggest variety of different methods of preserving in here,
29:21especially on all of our different nutrition aspects.
29:24For 19th century frontier settlers, the end of the harvest saw communities come together.
29:41It was their last chance to socialize before winter arrived.
29:45They called it the Harvest Home Fair.
29:55And after weeks of hard work, these events could get a little bit lively.
30:00Ready, set, eat pie!
30:10Time's up.
30:11That's it.
30:12Zoe, you are the official winner.
30:15Oh, you got it!
30:30Okay, everybody.
30:31We have some announcements that I'm sure you have been eager to hear.
30:36So if everybody wants to gather around.
30:39Oh, yeah.
30:40They're waiting on this.
30:41Right.
30:41I bet your time in the 1880s is drawing to an end.
30:47And you're here to see if you have done enough to succeed as 1880s homesteaders.
30:55I worked really hard out in that field.
30:57We have struggled so much to get to where we're at today.
31:00And honestly, we've come way too far to fail.
31:03When you first arrived, you were given three key goals every homesteader needed to achieve to prove up
31:11and get their final certificate and take ownership of the land.
31:15Build a secure and comfortable home, farm the land and harvest a crop, and fill your winter pantry.
31:20So, shall we start?
31:23Hall family?
31:24Sure.
31:25Let's talk about that first goal of building a secure and comfortable homestead.
31:31I mean, what a transformation from when you first arrived.
31:35What the heck is that?
31:39Look, guys, the door is falling off.
31:41There's only two beds?
31:43I can tell you put a lot of work into it.
31:47The cladding on the walls, cozy, protected from the elements.
31:52I don't know if I've ever seen a better 1880s homestead.
31:55You should be really proud.
32:02And your pantry was equally impressive.
32:04It was full and there was a lot of variety.
32:07Well done.
32:08Good job.
32:10Now, when it comes to the harvest,
32:11our goal was to have 13 bushels of wheat harvested.
32:16You didn't have enough money left when it came to the surprise cost of the thresherment.
32:23Which meant, Jeremy, you had to do hand threshing.
32:28So, you already know how many bushels of wheat you harvested.
32:34Would you want to share it with everybody?
32:39We did 13 bushels.
32:41Woo!
32:44A blister for each bushel.
32:47All this work taken together means you accomplished those three key goals.
32:52I definitely think that our dad was a hero.
32:54I mean, he not only did something he's never done before, but he completed it and made the mark.
33:00He did a good job.
33:01We're proud of him.
33:04Next, the Loper family.
33:06I guess.
33:07Let's hear it.
33:08I'm Trish.
33:10I'm nervous.
33:12Now, when you first arrived at your homestead, it was looking a bit rough.
33:16All right.
33:17Oh, baby.
33:19Where are my walls?
33:21But you took care of that very quickly with hard work and some help from your neighbors.
33:27You've made a home that any 1880s homesteader would be proud of.
33:31Now, for your pantry, going through a long winter with the lack of protein,
33:38y'all might be quite a bit thinner coming out the other side.
33:41But it was clear you guys worked together.
33:45There was a lot of variety in there.
33:48So, good job.
33:50Now, when it comes to our farming, Landon, you really stepped up and helped to create
33:55the dream team on the Loperland.
33:59And I have the results here from the Thresherman.
34:03And you harvested a whopping 16 push-ups.
34:10Congratulations.
34:14You have met your goals.
34:16Good job, guys.
34:18When I heard that we've done 16 bushels, it brought joy to my heart.
34:23Good job, boy.
34:26I am so proud of Landon.
34:28I am through the roof proud of him.
34:31I'm feeling absolutely great.
34:33I really thrived out here.
34:34And I feel like I really succeeded from what my standards were.
34:38And finally, the Hannah Riggs family.
34:42Like every other family, you transformed your homestead.
34:46There's another hole there.
34:47And there's a hole on that side too.
34:49Oh, it's dirty.
34:51From a filthy shack into a cozy home.
34:55So, let's talk about your pantry.
34:58In the beginning, you were watering the weeds and weren't sure what a pea was.
35:03But you guys have made some really great decisions that truly paid off.
35:08And I think that your pantry was the closest to what a real 1880s homestead pantry would have looked like.
35:15So, congratulations.
35:20And finally, one more receipt from the threshermen.
35:26The harvest still makes me nervous.
35:28Are we going to have enough wheat to meet that 13-bushel threshold?
35:32You guys harvested 12 bushels.
35:41When I heard 12 bushels, I was really disappointed that we didn't do what we needed to do.
35:46It's true that those bushels would have been your cash crop.
35:49It would have helped you replenish your savings and kept the homestead running long term.
35:54But you've done a really good job with your budget.
35:57We added up the final family savings for all three families.
36:01The Halls have $6.06.
36:04The Lopers, $6.40.
36:07And the Hannah Riggs, you have $8.30.
36:11That buffer would have made up for the missing bushel.
36:14And that means you have met your goals and succeeded.
36:17Congratulations.
36:18Woo!
36:19Congratulations!
36:23I was glad to hear that they took into account
36:25everything else that we had proven up.
36:27Ultimately, the harvest is really about money.
36:30And we already have money in the bank, so it all works out in the end for us.
36:33We did what we needed to do, and it feels pretty amazing.
36:39But as I think you all know, there's still one more hurdle you need to clear to prove up.
36:44I have an envelope for each family.
36:47And in each envelope, there will either be zero, one, or two witness testimonies.
36:56And you need two to succeed.
37:00So, Lopers, I have this for you.
37:03This is the moment of truth.
37:09Either all of our hard work pays off, or it's all for nothing.
37:12Okay, there's no way.
37:14There's two.
37:15Oh, there's two.
37:16Woo!
37:17Yay!
37:18Woo!
37:19We got two.
37:21Thank you, y'all.
37:22Next, we'll go the Hannah Riggs.
37:37One, two.
37:37Two.
37:38Woo!
37:39Thank you, y'all.
37:44And finally, the halls.
37:46I don't know.
37:46Wow.
37:49If you asked us in the first week whether our neighbors would vouch for us,
37:53I'm sure we wouldn't get vouches from them.
37:56So, if they vouch for us, that means they've seen who we are.
37:59And that shows that we've stepped up to this.
38:08We have two.
38:08Woo!
38:11Thank you, guys.
38:12All right.
38:14Thank you, guys.
38:15They accomplished what they needed to do to prove up their land.
38:19And I'm glad to see that they also took the same approach in vouching for us as well.
38:23When it came to the Hannah Riggs, we had a decision, you know.
38:26To me, it was like, that's a no-brainer.
38:27I'm going to vote vouch for you, and I'm going to vouch for you,
38:29because I want you to do the same for me.
38:32Do you all have that $6 processing fee?
38:35Cha-ching!
38:36So, without further ado, I'm ready to hand out your Homestead Land Certificates.
38:41Yes!
38:42Woo!
38:42Woo!
38:43Bring it to me!
38:46Whole family?
38:48It feels amazing.
38:49We did it.
38:50We are Homesteaders.
38:52You and I are Homesteaders.
38:54Hannah Riggs family!
38:56All right, Lucas, come on.
38:57I can't imagine somebody from the 1880s actually receiving one of these.
39:01It would be everything.
39:02Woo!
39:03Having this land certificate means everything to our family.
39:10If we were true 1880s Homesteaders, we're coming out of slavery, Joaquin and I.
39:14Yeah.
39:14And we're having kids born into this.
39:17What are we going to leave behind?
39:19What legacy do we leave our kids?
39:21Being able to own our own land.
39:23Like, we get to do that.
39:25Look at that.
39:26She is pretty.
39:27Woo!
39:31We earned it.
39:33We...
39:34Yeah.
39:34To be able to do this with my wife and as 1880s Homesteaders can be happier.
39:47Congratulations on reaching the end of your journey back to the frontier.
40:05You have revealed true Homestead grit, showing dedication, ingenuity, and resilience.
40:11It's time to say goodbye to the 1880s and your Homesteads.
40:17I'm sad.
40:20Aw, don't be sad.
40:22It's okay.
40:23But we didn't, so we should be proud of ourselves and we'll never forget this.
40:32I will miss the most just being without all the noise that we have in the 21st century.
40:39I don't miss the emails.
40:41I don't miss social media and it's shown me that maybe a little bit simpler life might be the way
40:46to be happy.
40:49We've fallen in love with the land.
40:51Being out here in nature, just a piece of it.
40:57Wow, what an experience to go back in time.
41:00I mean, so far back into the 1880s, you know.
41:03I'm really proud of my family because I know how much pressure and how much work they had to do.
41:08I'm so proud of each of us individually, but I think I'm even more proud of our family.
41:21This experience has definitely changed all of us for the better.
41:24I've learned that Ethan and Lucas are their own people.
41:27They are making the right decisions.
41:30Like you realize you don't have to continue looking out the window to make sure they're okay.
41:33Lucas, do you want a last piece of candy on the frontier?
41:37I think I'm more responsible because it's like I've been having to take care
41:41of goats and chickens for two months no matter what.
41:44You got it?
41:45By the boys not having devices, they've been able to focus on creative projects.
41:51They bring it to us and show us, look, dad, this is what I've been working on.
41:55And they're so proud of it.
41:57We've got to take that forward to the 21st century and get to a space where
42:00everyone understands devices have a place in our lives.
42:05But devices are not our lives.
42:07Bye, chickens!
42:11Sue, Papa, Margaret, I'm going to miss y'all.
42:15Yeah, y'all got to look out for each other.
42:18You say all your goodbyes.
42:19Yeah.
42:20Thank you, boys.
42:22Yeah, they really grew up out here, didn't they?
42:24Yes, they did.
42:27This has been a journey, especially for me and Landon.
42:30Am I tough on him?
42:33Yes.
42:34Do I need to kind of lighten up?
42:37Yes.
42:38One last look, guys.
42:41I really think my parents do see me differently.
42:44Like before I came on this, my rings were like really shoveled up.
42:47I didn't have any.
42:48So now I have like, you know, just a little bit popping out.
42:50I'm going to miss it.
42:51Yeah.
42:52Yeah.
42:53Leaving the frontier.
42:54Yep.
42:54I've learned that the 1880s was about making sure that your family was cared for from the land,
43:02from your heart, your hand, and your mind.
43:06That's what it was about.
43:08My kids have proven me that they're not just kids.
43:12They're little people that can do so many things.
43:15We needed to do this all together.
43:18We'll have it forever.
43:19In order to be successful as a family, like we all had to do our part and the boys did it.
43:27This 1880s experience has been something to behold.
43:32The riches I've ever felt has been here on the homestead,
43:35when I've had very little, but I've had everything I've needed.
43:49Oh my gosh.
43:51Back in the 21st century.
43:54I've missed you so much.
43:56I have missed you so much.
44:00I've got 19,000 emails.
44:02Ooh.
44:02That's it?
44:03I've got 21,183.
44:05You got me beat.
44:06Oh my.
44:06How many text messages do you have?
44:08Only 13.
44:08That's it?
44:09I have 144.
44:11Should we turn them on?
44:12Yeah.
44:13Well, like, that's so weird.
44:15Look at her notifications.
44:16Oh my god.
44:17I just turned my phone on.
44:18My facial recognition doesn't even recognize my face.
44:22Have I changed that much?
44:23You have changed a lot.
44:25You have.
44:26Yes.
44:27I wasn't this chubby when I left, was I?
44:30Maybe, yeah.
44:30Oh my gosh.
44:35Who is that woman?
44:36Now that's the mom I know.
44:37Just sitting down on this couch, feels sort of good.
44:40Yes.
44:43Just like that.
44:44Jason, you'll believe the amount of crust in our toes.
44:47I'm going to take a shower.
44:49So, just like that, their story out here comes to an end.
45:02Three families who went looking for the past and ended up finding something for the future.
45:19Yeah.
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