tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540124574202762417.post566157031903837100..comments2024-03-17T16:20:18.072-06:00Comments on Lex Anteinternet: Cooking Stoves in the 1910sPat, Marcus & Alexishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540124574202762417.post-30872854464898506592020-08-02T21:23:07.732-06:002020-08-02T21:23:07.732-06:00This is really interesting. I'd never really t...This is really interesting. I'd never really thought about how people were becoming more reliant on a market economy by 1900 - and how some people who once may have used wood that the family cut to heat their homes were shifting to the use of coal that they bought because it was easier. Sherylhttp://ahundredyearsago.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540124574202762417.post-8840613285543829432020-08-02T09:30:22.403-06:002020-08-02T09:30:22.403-06:00I don't know if it is relevant to your questio...I don't know if it is relevant to your question, but there used to be a one-room schoolhouse on the farm until that time period of 1910-20 (I least I think so). <br /><br />All that's left of the site is the foundations of the school, the outhouses and a coal shed. The coal shed had a concrete floor and still has a layer of coal an inch or so deep, so I'd guess that coal was the main heating source for the school. <br /><br />I've also heard stories that there wasn't a tree on that quarter during the 1930's and very few on most of the rest of the farm, so there might have been no other option but to burn coal instead of wood. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.com