I also watched "Little Survivor on the Prairie", and I think I would have liked it better if there had been only one family instead of three. That did seem to make it like a contest. The families were clearly chosen for their entertainment value rather than competence. Gordon Clune was not only a major jerk, but also an idiot. If he wanted a bathtub, he probably could have built something that would hold water at least long enough to get washed, instead of spending money on one. Ma Glenn made a really major error when she washed all the girl's clothes on what was obviously not "a good drying day", and then expected them to go out in the snow wearing only blankets. Then Gordon Clune sending them off into the snow--! My friend the Costume Nazi was upset by the fact that all the females were running around in their underwear all the time--that NEVER would have happened in 1883. They might have taken their corsets off for work, but they would have had a dress on top!

I was much less pleased with this one than "The 1900 House." But I think part of the purpose of these things is to allow us comfortable folks at home to sit in front of our TV's and say, "Those idiots! I could do better than that!"