Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe homestead experiment comes to an end in the final episode.
Production
Meticulous 1883 Montana homestead recreation.
Editing
Savage cuts between whining and actual 1883 hardships.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of PBS's 'House' series that also included 1900 House and Manor House, essentially inventing the 'suffering for authenticity' reality genre before Naked and Afraid existed.
The families received actual 1883-era letters from ancestors as part of their experience; some discovered their real relatives died of exactly the diseases they were now risking.
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