Pic Today 9/26/15

 

BEFORE THERE WAS

INDOOR PLUMBING

There was the cistern.

Well situated near the house

on 19th century farms and homesteads,

the cistern was an essential underground 

holding tank for rain and well water,

with a hand crank to dispense 

this precious resource.

A good cistern meant the difference

between surviving on a farm

or having to look elsewhere for water.

Many old farms in Missouri

still having working cisterns.

(A precious commodity

for "living on the land.")