Its interesting how they portray Sarah and her house. They focus on the ghosts and they "think" what she was told and what she did and they dont come out and say she was crazy, but they push that idea your way quite a bit.
I have to say, I dont think she was crazy and honestly I think she had to have been one of the smartest people of the time. Here are just a few things she managed to do in the later 1800's early 1900's
Moved from CT to CA in the late 1800's. Can you imagine how much time it took to make that trip?
Bought a farm and orchard which grew fruit. Rather than lay the fruit out to dry in the sun (which that part of california did not have the greatest weather for) she purchased and ran a fruit drying machine that dried the fruit on rotating trays in a room heated by a coal furnance
Made her own Acetylene gas, (calcium carbide pellets in a water tank) which was pumped through the house through a counterweight pump to lights that were lit by a button. (by a button, not a flame) The gas pipe was continuos throughout the house. The "valves"expanded when heated and would contract when cooled to keep gas from leaking.
The house had three elevators including the only horizontal piston elevator in the US (and a Otis electric)
Normal staircases were replaced with easy rider steps when she could no longer lift her legs enough for regular steps.
Rainwater was collected, stored and pumped throughout the home and gardens, including a full body shower custom made for her body size (and a 10,000 gallon water tower)
She also had metal flooring placed below the plant areas so that when they were watered the water ran down to a drain and then out to the garden
so I dont know, I dont think she was crazy, I think she should be considered one of the visionaries of the United States
DD
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