" The Plymouth Plantation began nearly 50 years ago as the dream child of an amateur archaeologist named, Henry Horn Blower. He was fascinated by the story of pilgrims. He collected artifacts and in fact he wanted to start a museum. His family backed him in tearing down one of the family houses here on this property, which topographic is very, very similar to actual Plymouth. And so what he's done here is to create Linden street, the old street in America and the original's blockade. We're gonna meet with Joel Pontes right now, who is one of the artisans here. He's going to help us go from the 20th century back to the 17th. Come on. Hi, Joel!"

" Good morning, Bob."

" Good morning."

" Welcome to Plymouth Plantation."

" Thank you. Now, you're the constructionist, right? Which means that you're the builder, the carpenter, the joiner, the carver, all of those things?"

" Well I am, but we have a lot of talented people on staff that does those things right down the site. What we have tried to reproduce is the 1627 village. We have several houses I want you to go---- go to and several construction stops that we are to see."

" Right."

" Let's stop first over at the Jenning House."

" It's fabulous."

" Good morrow, mistress Jenning."

" Good day too."

" How are you?"

" I am well and yourself?"

" I'm fine, thank you. I see you're busy cooking."

" Indeed, these are some turnip for my dad and that I will boil into a salad for our dinner."

" You boil your salad?"

" Right, indeed."

" Oh, I eat mine raw."

" I am surprise; you are in such good health then. They are much better boiled than anything."

" Is that right? You have a lovely home."

" Oh, you are most kind. Would you like to look at those?"

" Thank you. May I? How did they build houses like this?"

" Well, these are just simple timber frames that are set right down into the ground. There's no foundation. We have a couple of houses right now that are under construction, would like to see them?"

" Sure, that's what we're here for."

" Let's go."

" Thank you. Good day."

" God keep you sir."

" I'd like you to meet Henry [unk]. She's patching a little bit."

" Good morning, Henry."

" Good morrow to you sir."

" How are you?"

" Fine man."

" Now, what are you doing up there?"

" Oh, just putting a bit of repair of sheaths for the ridge."

" On the ridge?"

" Right."

" So this is what you call patching. How do you this patching?"

" The bottom---- she starts at the bottom of the sheath---- and she's sewing on adding course to the top portion sheath with the ledgers and there at the very topper sheath [unk] and put a ridge on her."

" Ah, I didn't get that not a clue, but as long as it doesn't leak. Nice---- nice job."

" Now, I should get back to work."

" Good day to you sir."

" I didn't realize they would have had clapboards like this."

" Yeah, those are split oak clapboards."

" Split like firewood?"

" Yes, they call it ribbon."

" Good morrow."

" Good morrow."

" How do you build your house?"

" Well, the other wall is of waffle and dough. The waffle is to your left attached here to hold your dough, sort of a poor man's plaster."

" This poor man's [unk] was lime."

" It was lime, does it?"

" Because the house most be covered on the outside with these clapboards."

" Sure."

" To protect from the rain."

" If there's no lime then it would just away and the weather just washed it right away and that's how he'd make this waffle."

" great. What's the next stop?"

" So let's go down the street now, and I'll show you some [unk]."

" Now, Joel when the pilgrims landed here, they found a lot of virgin forest, right?"

" Exactly. They found a lot of oak and pine forest that had been untouched."

" So that's what they used right away."

" These are pine planks for building."

" Good morrow."

" Good morrows."

" How does your job go?"

" It goes very well, thank you."

" Ah, tell me about what you're doing here?"

" Well, as you can see I've---- we've got this pine log right over the pit and lines have been struck down the lines of it."

" Yes."

" And one man he just stand below in the pit and these are----"

" He got----"

" on top of the timber and by slipping down following the lines so planks are made."

" And so it's a heavy saw that you're using?"

" Oh, it is indeed."

" And you'll push it against the [unk]?"

" No. No. No, you always pull it on a 2-man pull."

" Pull----"

" If you push up on it, then you'll bind her up."

" You don't wanna bind up her. Now where will these planks be used?"

" They're going to be rough boards for Goodman Brown in his house."

" Goodman Brown's, is that where we were just were."

" That's the house that we just left."

" Indeed, what a nice job. Well, we won't keep you from your work. I'm glad we've got power zones now. Well, it's a fabulous place."