curator thomas kelleher serves as our guide. >> this is not some little town caught in a time warp. it is a recreation, kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in today. we're showing you the deck made of the 1830s. american revolution was a couple generations ago, as far away as world war ii is away from us. there are also rumblings about slavery but they don't know what's going to happen in 20 or 30 years any more than you or i do. that's the time period to keep in mind. in 1838, push comes to shove, that's our default year. 26 states in the union, michigan being the most recent. population of the united states is probably around 17 million or so people. they do a census every ten years so we don't quite know yet but it is probably about that. it was 13.5 million back in 1830. it's a time when the railroad is coming in. our county seat of worcester. they started making trans atlantic steamship service from atlanta to boston, 1938. it is not quite as old-fashioned as some people

curator thomas kelleher serves as our guide. >> this is not some little town it is a recreation, kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in today. we're showing you the deck made of the 1830s. american revolution was a couple generations ago, as far away as world war ii is away from us. there are also rum blinblings a slavery but they don't know what's going to happen in 20