>From: Shirley Larson <[email protected]> >Old-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: Wagon train supplies >Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3099 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >What to take on a Wagon Train > >I hope you all enjoy this, I am passing it on. This was extracted from >pages 499-500 of Wayne County KY Marriage >and Vital Records Vol. 2. The list is what each person was allowed to >take in the early wagon train migrations. >Per Wagon > >150 Lb.. of Flour >25 Lb. of Bacon >10 Lb.. Rice >15 Lb.. Coffee >2 Lb.. Tea >25 Lb.. Sugar >1/2 Bushel dried peas >1/2 Bushel dried fruit >2 lb.. Soleratus (Baking Soda) >10 Lb.. Salt >1/2 Bushel Corn Meal >1/2 Small Keg Vinegar >Pepper > >Clothing per person > >Men: >2 Wool Shirts >2 Wool Undershirts > >Women >2 Wool Dresses > >Both: >2 Pair Drawers >4 Pair Wool Socks >2 Pair cotton Socks >4 Colored Handkerchiefs >1 Pair Boots and Shoes >Poncho, Broad Rimmed Hat > >Miscellaneous Per Family > >Rifle, Ball & Powder >9-10 Gallon keg for Water >1 Axe >1 Hatchet >1 Spade >2 or 3 augers >1 Hand Saw >1 Whip or Cross-cut Saw >1 Plow Mold >At least 2 ropes >Mallet for driving picket pins >Matches carried in Bottles, corked > >Sewing Supplies: >(Placed in Buckskin or stout cloth bag) >Stout Linen thread >Large needles, thimble >Bit of Bee's Wax >Few Buttons, buckskin for patching >Paper of pins > >Personal Items > >1 Comb and Brush >2 Toothbrushes >1 Lb. Castile Soap >1 Belt Knife >1 Flint Stone > >Cooking Implements > >Baking pan0used for baking and roasting coffee >Mess Pan, wrought iron or tin >2 Churns one for sweet, one for sour milk >1 Coffee Pot >1 Tin cup with Handle >1 Tin plate knives >Forks spoons, and above per person >1 coffee Mill >1 Camp Kettle >Fry Pan >Wooden Bucket for Water > >Bedding Per Person >1 Canvas >2 Blankets >1 Pillow >One Tent per Family > >Medical Supplies >Iron Rust >Rum and Cognac (Both for Dysentery) >Calomel >Quinine for Aque >Epsom Salts for Fever >Castor Oil > >Best Regards to All, >Shirley Larson > > > >