Life on the Farm
~The Sauer-Beckman Farmstead is a living history farm located within the 718 acres of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. Life on the farmstead is presented as it was in 1918. Park interpreters wear period clothing, do the farm and household chores as they were done at that time and also conduct tours for the visitors. Costumed interpreters also carry out the day-to-day activities of a turn-of-the-century Texas-German farm family. Some chores are seasonal, such as canning and butchering. Farm animals, however, must be cared for on a daily basis, including activities like feeding, milking, gathering eggs and slopping the hogs. Also, the house is cleaned, meals are cooked, butter is churned and cheese is made. Visitors may see the "family" scrubbing the floors with homemade lye soap, or plowing the garden with a team of horses.
Near Stonewall, TX
Resubmitted into Catch-all 01/23
Uploaded on September 09, 2009