Trouble River

I know that living in the 21st century has a lot of perks to it, especially in terms of transportation. From high speed cars, helicopters, planes, space craft and the lot but I didn't realize how far we had come until I came across today's submission. Apparently in the 19th century, people would just cut out the front porch, with grandma still sitting in her chair, and hit the rapids to get around. Man, were they tough people...