[2] In 1973, he created a family business in Pierceton, Indiana which manufactures and sell clothes, cooking equipment, and accessories accurate to the 18th and 19th centuries.
[4][5] Items from the store have appeared in several films and television shows, including Turn: Washington's Spies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Greatest Showman, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
[6] Today, the channel has published hundreds of videos about a wide range of different aspects of 18th- and 19th-century life, such as log cabin building, cleaning laundry, and cooking historical recipes in an 18th-century replica kitchen.
[7] Townsends has featured a 1784 recipe for macaroni and cheese; other presentations include coffee mixed with eggs, and fried deer heart.
Shortly after, Townsends published a follow-up video titled "The Intrusion of Modern Politics on Our YouTube Channel" denying the claims.