The Awakening Land

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I have been watching this 3 part series on YouTube, thought I would share it.


The Awakening Land is a three-part 1978 television miniseries based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels: The Trees; The Fields; and The Town, published from 1940 to 1950

The storyline follows the struggle of Sayward Luckett after she travels to the unsettled Ohio Valley frontier from post-revolutionary Pennsylvania. She and her family carve out a homestead in the forest and a community with other settlers. The series follows Sayward from a young single woman, left with three sisters to raise after their mother dies and their father abandons the family, to a married woman who has her own family of seven. Her faithful devotion to her family is recounted against the day-to-day struggle for survival.




 

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Tish said:
I have been watching this 3 part series on YouTube, thought I would share it.


The Awakening Land is a three-part 1978 television miniseries based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels: The Trees; The Fields; and The Town, published from 1940 to 1950

The storyline follows the struggle of Sayward Luckett after she travels to the unsettled Ohio Valley frontier from post-revolutionary Pennsylvania. She and her family carve out a homestead in the forest and a community with other settlers. The series follows Sayward from a young single woman, left with three sisters to raise after their mother dies and their father abandons the family, to a married woman who has her own family of seven. Her faithful devotion to her family is recounted against the day-to-day struggle for survival.




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I live in NJ, the next state over from Pennsylvania. I thought I would throw you some Pennsylvania trivia that I remember...

Pennsylvania has a very interesting history. The Quakers were there. They were non-violent and refused to fight in wars. The Native peoples knew this and even if they attacked some white settlers, they would leave the Quakers alone.

I have been to Pennsylvania some. I was in Pennsylvania Dutch country...which was wonderful. Some of the purest water and best food I ever had (that was in the 1970s). Pennsylvania was an ancient sea. It is why they had huge coal deposits. And the soil in the Amish country had been among the best in the nation.

Back in the 90s, I was playing a little basketball at an area court. I was resting on the side and my hand was playing with some pebbles. One was a fossil! It was a brachiopod - an ancient horseshoe crab. About 300 million years old. Actually, quite common. Was worth about 50 cents back then. I always thought that the soil they used to make the court, might have come from Pennsylvania. But, who knows? There is a quarry not far from here that had dinosaur footprints...

Falling Water, the famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, is in Pennsylvania:


Always wanted to see it, but never got there.

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There is a book that has a collection of weird roadside attractions, called Weird Pennsylvania. The page here has some excerpts:

http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/index.php

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Tish said:
The storyline follows the struggle of Sayward Luckett after she travels to the unsettled Ohio Valley frontier from post-revolutionary Pennsylvania.
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Thanks, I will look for it.

My father's family moved to Kentucky about that same time, late 1700s. Kentucky is just south of Ohio. Might have been a similar experience.
 

I've been watching Aerial America on Paramount+. They have a one hour episode for each state and one for U.S. territories. The scenery is very beautiful and the histories, development and agricultural information of each of the states are very interesting. I've only watched California, N.J. and Wisconsin so far. I have no doubt I'll learn some interesting facts about PA when I get to that segment. Is the series you're watching free on YouTube?
 
JonSR77 said:
I live in NJ, the next state over from Pennsylvania. I thought I would throw you some Pennsylvania trivia that I remember...

Pennsylvania has a very interesting history. The Quakers were there. They were non-violent and refused to fight in wars. The Native peoples knew this and even if they attacked some white settlers, they would leave the Quakers alone.

I have been to Pennsylvania some. I was in Pennsylvania Dutch country...which was wonderful. Some of the purest water and best food I ever had (that was in the 1970s). Pennsylvania was an ancient sea. It is why they had huge coal deposits. And the soil in the Amish country had been among the best in the nation.

Back in the 90s, I was playing a little basketball at an area court. I was resting on the side and my hand was playing with some pebbles. One was a fossil! It was a brachiopod - an ancient horseshoe crab. About 300 million years old. Actually, quite common. Was worth about 50 cents back then. I always thought that the soil they used to make the court, might have come from Pennsylvania. But, who knows? There is a quarry not far from here that had dinosaur footprints...

Falling Water, the famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, is in Pennsylvania:


Always wanted to see it, but never got there.

+++

There is a book that has a collection of weird roadside attractions, called Weird Pennsylvania. The page here has some excerpts:

http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/index.php

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That is an amazing place, can't believe it was built in the 30's
 
Alligatorob said:
Thanks, I will look for it.

My father's family moved to Kentucky about that same time, late 1700s. Kentucky is just south of Ohio. Might have been a similar experience.
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I would love to find out.
OneEyedDiva said:
I've been watching Aerial America on Paramount+. They have a one hour episode for each state and one for U.S. territories. The scenery is very beautiful and the histories, development and agricultural information of each of the states are very interesting. I've only watched California, N.J. and Wisconsin so far. I have no doubt I'll learn some interesting facts about PA when I get to that segment. Is the series you're watching free on YouTube?
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I will check into it but doubt we will have it here.
It sounds absolutely fascinating.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I've been watching Aerial America on Paramount+. They have a one hour episode for each state and one for U.S. territories. The scenery is very beautiful and the histories, development and agricultural information of each of the states are very interesting. I've only watched California, N.J. and Wisconsin so far. I have no doubt I'll learn some interesting facts about PA when I get to that segment. Is the series you're watching free on YouTube?
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Yes, You Tube has some free episodes. You gotta watch the ones about the Western States...incredible.
 
My experience was/is so similar to the series that I was amazed. I left the city life when I was 35 and started building a small community in woods very similar to Ohio. It is the same kind of forest. We cut trees with buck saws and dragged with a sled. We dug our gardens, and planted trees. We ate mainly from what we produced and got staples from the city. But, as more people came so did the city. New generations change the original intent. Major changes happened along the way as people died, and Misa and I settled in to finish the project. We live on the same land and have 2 goats, 2 chickens, and 2 cats. (2022) I loved the series! Thanks for the heads up!! :)

It is rated 8.3 on IMDB!!
 
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