The ~Christian Country Farm~

PACKING THE WAGONS?

10:24 PM, Aug. 12, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

So what was inside all those wagons?

     Everything that would fit. Anything you needed on the trip, or would need when you arrived, you had to take with you. There wasn't any real stores out west. There were a few forts, but if they had any extra supplies when you got there, they'd be wildly expensive.

      Can you guess how the pioneers kept their eggs and fragile dishes safe in the bumpy wagons? ...They packed them in their barrels of flour and cornmeal!

      Pioneers packed their wagons with hundreds of pounds of food-per person! For each traveler, guides recommended bringing at least 200 lbs of flour, 75 lbs of bacon, 30 lbs of hardtack {hard bread}, 25 lbs of sugar, 10 lbs of rice, 10 lbs of salt, 5 lbs of coffee, 2 lbs of tea, and various amounts of dried beans and fruit, baking soda, and cornmeal. Along with all that, families crammed the wagons with pots and pans, dishes, extra clothing, tools and spare wagon parts, medicine, sewing supplies, and cash {for toll bridges, ferries, and the purchase of replacement wagonparts or food along the way}. Pioneers also managed to squeeze in pieces of furniture, cookstoves, books, and a few keepsakes. All this in the space only about as big as a minivan!


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01:58 AM, Aug. 13, 2006 .. Posted by GrandmaRosie
Love to read about our pioneering ancestors. I have a lovely old cup my great great grandmother carried in her sugar barrel on the wagon when they moved. My great grandmother also kept it in her sugar canister. Now i will leave it to one of my grand daughters.

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