Posted 11/22/2023 01:19 (#10491773 - in reply to #10490863) Subject: RE: When electricity came to the farm
NW Washington
The Rural Electrification Act was part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal during the Depression in the 1930s. We all called the electric company the REA when I was young. I also remember an aunt who lived in a house with no electricity. Kerosene lamps and a hand-powered pump in the basement for the indoor plumbing. And the privy out back. Fun times.
When electricity came to the farm
