Generations at the Museum - Season 1 Episode 7

How does a family of ten living in a leaking dirt dugout react when two drenched, freezing strangers knock on their door in the middle of the night? In Part I, guide Hans Phillipson shows us that early Dakota survival depended just as much on neighborly trust and radical hospitality as it did on breaking plows and Marsh harvesters. Step onto the trail with Hans as he translates legal documents for illiterate neighbors and helps build early Brookings County from the ground up.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

03:29 - The Desolate Prairie Trail & The 15-Mile Gap

07:15 - Guided by a Pig Squeal in the Dark

10:38 - Sleeping on the Floor at Culbertson’s Hotel

12:34 - The 18-Po ...