b'DID YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD WEST.By Lee Anderson, Old West Living Historian, Award Winning Author, and Old School HorsemanLee Anderson and his horse, Concho, are well known around the state doing presentations in schools,corporate events, and civic events. Learn more about them and his book on his website. historicaloldwest.orgT he staplesdrivesusually started in theB ecause cowboy of aspring which was good forlife was remote workingthe availability of grass andand dangerous, cowboys diet consisted of beans,water but bad when it came tohard work, loyalty, rice, hardsourdough biscuits, driedswollen rivers.More cowboysand strength were meat, dried fruit (when he could getwere drowned than shot.valued over all else. it), and coffee. Occasionally, a typeT ill Joseph Geyetty cameThis contributed to a of bread known as pan de campo (orrelatively ethnic and camp bread), which was cooked in a skillet was alsoup with commerciallyracial discrimination-available. There were no overweight cowboys. availablefree setting. It didnt matter what you may have A toilet paper in 1857,done, what color you were, where you came cattle drive usuallypeople in the oldfrom, or who your parents were as long as you covered 10 to 15 mileswest cleaned up afterheld up your end on the job. These values are a day. A break wasanswering the callstill true in any dangerous job today.taken at midday to allow theof Mother NatureI n the old west, horse thieves were often hung. cattle to graze and at night toin various ways allow them to rest. Moving inaccording to localA person without a horse was usually as this manner, the herd couldcustoms and climate,good as maintain a healthy weight.including withdead because In fact, cattle on many of thewater, leaves,distances long drives gained weight which meantgrass, stones,were far too more money when they were sold. corn cobs, animalvast to cover O ne of the mostdangerouspartsfurs, sticks, snow,on foot. Stealing seashells, pages from a Sears anda mans horse was of thedrive,especially for theRoebuck or Montgomery Wardsconsidered as good herd,was ariver crossing.Cattlecatalog, and, lastly, their hands. as killing him. 12 March 2021'