An old-timey woman washes clothes on a washboard. Kids jump from a huge pile of hay. Several kids trudge down a very muddy road. CU of shoes in the mud. Kids wipe their muddy shoes off before entering a school house. Interior of school house with teacher and American flag. Horses pull sleighs down a snow-covered road. A US Mail carriage is pulled by a horse over a bumpy dirt road. A carriage traverses a bumpy, muddy road, spilling its contents. A man tries to repair his broken wheel, a freight train goes by in the background.