Frontier Fare
Good Things to Eat

Good Things to Eat

When Frederick Wolferman launched his Kansas City, Missouri, grocery store in the 1880s, he likely didn’t imagine it would be around today. He began...

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Yummy Yosemite

Yummy Yosemite

Yosemite Valley is a magical place where pioneers have visited since the mid-1800s. People still travel here to dine in a snow-covered Christmas....

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The Boss Drink

The Boss Drink

Pioneers were sipping ice cream soda waters as early as the 1860s, but ice cream sodas wouldn’t come along until the next decade. Ice cream soda...

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Mexican Marvels

Mexican Marvels

The cuisine of Mexican natives living in the frontier West did not appear on menus in most restaurants or hotels. Victorian pioneers considered it...

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