Eating on the Move

It took careful planning to figure out what food to take on a wagon train. Everything to feed a family for months—except game, which hopefully would be found along the way—had to jam in with everything else the family needed when they finally got to where they were going. Here's the foodstuffs list from the 1850s: --200 pounds of flour for each person over 10 years of age and 100 pounds for every younger child. --100 pounds bacon for everyone over 10, with half that for tikes. --50