Texas Ranch House (2006)

Genre

reality television

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Fifteen modern people try to run a ranch in 1867 Texas using only 19th century tools and methods. They live and work for two and a half months under historical conditions.

experimentalhistoricaleducationalslow-pacedobservationalgroundedworkmanlike

What happens

Texas Ranch House is an PBS American reality television series that premiered in May 2006. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, Wall to Wall Media Limited, and PBS, the show placed fifteen modern day people in the context of 1867 Texas. Show participants attempted to run a ranch for two and a half months using 19th century tools and techniques. A historian Alwyn Barr, a professor emeritus at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, was a consultant to the program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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