Early days in Granger

1860: Granger Homes were usually furnished very modestly at this time. Most homes at this time consisted on one or two rooms. The homes usually had one bed, a wood stove, a table & chairs created from a tree that the early settlers chopped down from the nearby mountain. New furniture in the early days were not a necessity and rarely purchased from a store.

Mattresses were filled with straw or corn husks. Extra mattresses were laid on the floors in the evening and placed back on top of the bed or under the bed in the daytime. After the corn was harvested the husks were placed in the mattresses. It is said that the sweet, fresh smells of corn husks was delightful.

In the heat of August the corn husks dried and were crispy and crackly, the sound of corn husks crackling was music to the ears