living pioneer life
Eat a Peach

Eat a Peach

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Oklahoma became one of the nation’s leaders in peach and stone fruit production. Fruit is not exactly the...

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The Oregon Trail: Part 1

The Oregon Trail: Part 1

Though some American settlers had traveled to Oregon and California in the 1830s, West-bound wagon trains really started heading out in great...

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Trail Drives: Code of the Trail

Trail Drives: Code of the Trail

Was there an understanding among trail drive bosses that no two drives left at the same time? Did trail drives ever intersect and cause a problem as...

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