What would life be like in the mid-1800s? No electricity. No Game Boys. No Internet. No television. No toilets or showers in your house! People had to haul water in the house just to have a drink. In some places, people threw trash in the streets — and no one cared! Life was very different then. This part of our History section talks about the way of life during that time. Check the links at the left to read more about the daily life, toys, clothes, toilets (yep, we said toilets), baths, washing clothes, housecleaning, hauling water and trash. In this section: