Part one: In this, the 21st Century, "electricity" has become an integral part of virtually every aspect of everyone's daily life. At home, few if any of our household devices will even work without being plugged in and then switched on. However, it wasn't that long ago that most of rural America was still dependent upon manual or battery power for whatever of these new-fangled conveniences they were lucky enough to possess. Then came the new "REA," and the electrification of America.