
What is a soogan?
Kurt House
San Antonio, Texas
A soogan is a quilt or wool blanket wrapped inside a waterproof tarp. Given its bulk, the cowboy usually chucked his bedroll into a bed wagon or the hooligan wagon, which also carried food and water through rough country. If he traveled alone, he likely brought along a pack animal to carry the soogan, as it was too large to tie behind his saddle.
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and the Wild West History Association’s vice president. His latest book is 2018’s Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.