Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Oddities: Land...
Frontier Privies and Cowboy Cooks
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Chuckwagon
A Day In The Life Of A Chuckwagon Cook The cook didn’t just cook; he was also the barber, doctor, veterinarian, banker, arbitrator, letter writer, and father-confessor.
The most important man on a trail drive was the chuckwagon cook. That’s why next to the boss he was the highest paid hand. He was usually older and...
Food Poisoning in the Old West
While watching our favorite Western movie or TV characters eat a sumptuous meal at the local boarding house, café or sitting around the old...