7 Tips We Can Learn From the Cowboys Who Were the Ultimate Survivalists During the 1800’s

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Cowboys and the frontier's men and women who traveled west were the ultimate survivalists during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Everything they had and used while they made a living for themselves out on the prairies was made by hand or purchased at a specialty store that they usually had to hitch up their wagon and travel for miles to actually get to the “local” town. Plus, more often than not, the town visits were weeks or months in between!

Consider theses brave survivalists who moved out west and paved a new life. They had to be strong (both mentally and often physically) men and women who were capable of traveling long miles while taking care of their children. They also had little resources and sometimes scarce food that was available to them.

If these people aren't considered survivors, I don't know who is. 

After the break, learn about some wonderful pieces of wisdom from the cowboys and how they managed to survive in a harsh, and sometimes desolate land. 

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31 Comments

  1. Johnny Hellyer said:

    And it started in Florida not the west, but they forgot to mention that’s as usual.

  2. Clay Aaby said:

    There is so much wrong with that article it’s not even funny

  3. Raymond B. Reeves said:

    You have said Nothing about firearms before 1873. One of my ancestors had a Muzzleloading rifle and pistol and knife.

  4. Bill Frederiksen said:

    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!”

  5. Michael Tucker said:

    This author is weak, at best. Trying to get his name out there? Couldn’t get past his first pg. what an idiot

  6. Marcus Campbell said:

    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.

  7. Justin Rodenbaugh said:

    Cross draw is bullshit. If you’re going to carry on your hip, don’t cross draw, it decreases your draw speed…

  8. Arctodus Simus said:

    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.

  9. Jim Young said:

    This story was about cowboys. They roamed town to town. Or cattle drives.

  10. Russell Benefield said:

    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.

  11. Chris L Banta said:

    “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.

  12. Tom Methvin said:

    IT WAS THE GUN THAT SETTLED THE WEST..NOTHING ELSE WOULD OF DONE IT..

  13. Steve Ramos said:

    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.

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