This reliable transportation during the cowboy era was a horse, but before a horse could become a new best friend, they had to be broken in! Today survivalists don't have to worry about a horse being broken in — we purchase a horse that's already been trained or take riding lessons on horses that we hope won't buck us off.
Imagine having to learn how to break in a horse not only because you need reliable transportation to get you from point A to point B on the prairie, but usually having to do it in a short amount of time. I'm sure that was no easy feat!
A Balky Pupil
Those old western films from the 1940s always seemed to have a horse being ‘broken in’. This method of horsemanship was prevalent throughout the Wild West. Specialist ‘horse breakers’ were employed at a fixed price to break in a horse.
The horse needed to be mature, because of the work it was expected to do, such as carry a rider for days on end. So the horse would be weaned by the ranch owners and when ready ‘broken in’. The breaking in had to be done within a week, which meant that the horse needed to be able to be ridden within about four days. The breakers were often highly skilled and were intuitive with animals and the use of the word ‘break’ in this context is perhaps over harsh at times – although less skilled handlers may have used overly heavy methods of course.
The breakers would be working on around six horses per week to make a living.
Finding food provisions was tough while living during the 1800's, but not possible. Luckily cowboys came up with some secrets on how to stock up on their provisions and knew what had to be done to survive.
Keep reading to gain some insight as to what cowboys had to do to ensure they had enough food to live off of for a long period and how self-sufficient they were.
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That just tels us how good we have it i didnt see any tips
7. Don’t wear leather pants
Unless it’s Friday…….
Or your a hot chic
And it started in Florida not the west, but they forgot to mention that’s as usual.
There is so much wrong with that article it’s not even funny
Carry a gun number 1 !
You have said Nothing about firearms before 1873. One of my ancestors had a Muzzleloading rifle and pistol and knife.
Rick Joy
Lol forget native Americans right lol stfu
Hokey page
If you think you’re in danger, Put a slug in a stranger, Before he puts one into YOU…”It’s the Code of The West!”
This author is weak, at best. Trying to get his name out there? Couldn’t get past his first pg. what an idiot
Didn’t read, do they tell you to wear your holster correctly?
Anytime the page loads slow I pretty much know it is a next page read, which defeats the purpose, so I bailout my time wasted looking.
I now feel dumber after reading this
It’s silly story.
Cross draw is bullshit. If you’re going to carry on your hip, don’t cross draw, it decreases your draw speed…
Interesting read.
The fur trappers did it seventy years earlier with single shot rifles and a knife. We can learn more survival skills from them.
Today thier call homeless!
This story was about cowboys. They roamed town to town. Or cattle drives.
I read the article. 🙂
When the SHTF, I’m not going town to town….
Article mistakes early settlers of the west with cowboys.
Nope not a single word about it.
Rhonda Leggett
Chuck Leggett
HAHAHA an entertaining read any how.
Cross draw has it place it obvious you never sat at a desk or drove a car where you might need to reach a firearm if you think its useless.
“After this break”…should say, “let’s break up this story as many times as we can to get more ad revenue”. Sorry, lost me on the second page.
IT WAS THE GUN THAT SETTLED THE WEST..NOTHING ELSE WOULD OF DONE IT..
Amie Butterfield. Alice Renae Burrough. Dad? Or what
What a writer. Takes forever to get to the point with all the b.s. in between it. In fact, I quit on page 5. Who knows how long the article really is. It’s a friggin encyclopedia.