I think I remember my mom talking about a Soddy that my grandmother lived in -it was in Lakota, South Dakota. This was before the turn of the century, my Grandmother came to America in 1899. She went West after learning her husband had died three weeks before she arrived in Canada where he was in hospital. She was 24 years young, lived to be 95.
Here’s one of putt-putt laundry’s in action!
Just like on her porch on the week ends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIWswiLaMbY