My dad remembers when they finally got electricity and a (party) phone line—some time in the 1960s.
I'm not sure they got municipal water service until after he was out of the house, probably in the 70s. They used hand-pumped well water, and had an outhouse.
From his stories about his childhood and young adulthood, it seems lots of poor folks and especially the rural poor were still kickin' it like it was the 1920s, well into the second half of the 20th century.
I'm not sure they got municipal water service until after he was out of the house, probably in the 70s. They used hand-pumped well water, and had an outhouse.
From his stories about his childhood and young adulthood, it seems lots of poor folks and especially the rural poor were still kickin' it like it was the 1920s, well into the second half of the 20th century.