Frontier HouseFavoriteAdd to Favorites Frontier House, a six-part hands-on history series, took three modern-day families back in time to live like 1880s homesteading pioneers in Montana. The families headed west in May 2001 and resided there until October, with just the tools of the period at their disposal. Throughout their historic adventure, the families trials, triumphs, simple pleasures, and daily rigors were revealed.