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Overland Journal: Food on the Oregon Trail
A well-researched and very readable essay discussing the food supplies pioneers carried with them on their journeys across the frontier to the West.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
Collection of primary source journals, letters, etc. on pioneer life in Wisconsin.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Heritage Gateways: Food
Click through eighteen pages of information about food and cooking as it was experienced by people traveling by wagon train to Utah, and as they began to settle into homesteads and communities. This site began as part of the 1997...
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Illinois State Museum: Native American Food
Experiences during the colonial years certainly were not the same for different cultural groups. This site compares and contrasts the housing, clothing, food, religion and family life of Native Americans, French settlers, and African...
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Recipes on the Oregon Trail
With information gathered from a wide variety of primary resources, this site offers not only recipes that pioneers and homesteaders used, but also tips on packing a wagon for a cross-country trip, and other words of advice for wagon...
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The History of the Cattle Trail Chuck Wagon
Ever wonder what it was like to be a cowboy on the range? What did they eat? Who cooked it? This site provides a nicely done background on cowboy cooking, chuck wagon etiquette, and links to recipes.