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I have an old book written by one of the first settlers in my area. Actually it is a collection of articles that he wrote as editor of the local weekly paper. I intend to digitize it and put it on Project Gutenberg.

The above video reminds me of one of the stories. The city of Goff, Kansas was first settled by a London investment club. They sent a small group in the spring to build housing and clear land. Apparently things didn't go as well as planned and only one cabin got built. During the first brutal winter all the settlers were crammed into that one cabin. They had a stove in one room but apparently it was insufficient. Those transplanted Englishmen put on every bit of clothing that they had and danced in a circle around the stove to keep warm.

Years later they tore down that cabin and found about 20 rattlesnakes living under the floor.

"The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil"

-- Sheikh Zaki Yamani