In the early 1800s, pioneer families worked together on farms, learning essential agricultural skills from a young age. Children helped with chores, such as gathering eggs and feeding animals.

“Anybody that comes to our site, we want to experience what life was like in the 1800s,” Swanson said, “in these kinds of temperatures, the cold is all that people would be thinking about.” The focus ...

Whether you currently own real estate or plan to in the future, the impressions left by intrepid pioneers of the 1800s can guide you in the “gold fever” of modern real estate investing.