Survival

A life-or-death price tag came with settling the Old West: By their wits, their guts and their best guesses, Westerners had to learn to survive. If they lived on remote farms or ranches, virtually everything to get through the day was a yoke on their shoulders. Even if they lived in the rough and tumble towns that dotted the landscape, “services” were skimpy. Mining camps assured only one commodity: a saloon. Imagine the horror of Barbara Jones, raising a family of 10 sons in New Mexico