The Chuckwagon Cooky

They were paid $20-$30 a month and were called names like Belly-cheater, Cooky, Coosie, Beef-trust, Dog face, Dutch, Beans, Punk, Grease-pot and Whistle-berry. Being a chuckwagon cook in the Old West was a tough job. You only had certain ingredients to cook with, and you had to deal with unruly cowhands. You know the old saying—never bring a knife to a gunfight? Well, that’s just what Frenchy the cooky should have remembered. John Baker was born a Texan in 1850, but he traveled to Wyoming