Who filled up the watering troughs for horses in frontier towns?
Dave Freestone
Kingman, Arizona
Usually someone in the employment of the town, such as the marshal, would be responsible for keeping water in the troughs. The marshal often hired a kid to keep them filled. A more settled town would have a water wagon.
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