The west has always fascinated me when I was a little kid. With my great grandfather I used to watch old westerns on tv. This channel give me my fix on the wild west
I can't wait to use the guide book you shared in class.There were many things people needed and Dave did a great job with the numbers and items could take. The kids are alwys stunned by the amount of food needed. With the wagon only holding 2000 to 2500 pounds that means that it was mostly full of food, cooking and eating items, clothes and bedding. Nothing to set up a new home. They had to give up everything to move out west.
Thanks, Teach! Yeah, you know Dave would probably make you a guide for your very own so the kids could have something to look at that is accurate to the time. Ask him and see. It's really a remarkable thing he did.
Really enjoyed this one. Been long fascinated with the pioneers and the Oregon trail. My wife and I even followed the whole trail a few years back, but we did it with a car and a camper, not a covered wagon. Even so it was still a lot of work and tiring, but one of our best trips ever. Really gave us an appreciation of what they went through.
That guide is gold. You never know when you might have to pack out. And what's better than living off the land on your way to living off the land? At least you know what plants are edible. Thanks for another great video don't know how I miss this one. 🤠🌵
@@Threewolfs- so many outlaws and con men have moved there lately that I'm feeling a little sad for TX ... Hoping y'all kick em out and vote nothing but "R" the next time around. Them "Ds" are trying to disarm y'all and bring Poncho Via back up from MX ... May the Good Lord grant you the victory !
Arizona Ghostriders, Cool. I’m keen to see how packing list changed. I was assuming that after the Civil War their would be more established routes with more trading posts along the way making the trip less treacherous. And after the transcontinental railroad more would just sell everything and hop a train. This is a very interesting topic. Great job Santee!
@@KnifeChatswithTobias Thank you. I wonder what it would cost to freight all your stuff over and jump on a train. I'll look into it. That railroad was opened in 1869, four years after the war, so that leaves four years of wagon migration. I wonder if there was a family that showed up right as the railroad completed and opened who said, "What? Why did nobody tell us? We would have waited a few months!"
@@ArizonaGhostriders I was just thinking the same thing. Arriving in town having said goodbye grandma and grandpa, thinking you'd never see them again, and there waiting for you is grandma and grandpa asking what took you so long. Wait, what?
Been back and forth across the nation many times, have even traveled some of the pioneer trails ( where significant enough portions remain ) and never has it not amazed me that any human could posses the unbreakable will and iron constitution that it would've required to travel by foot or wagon those long distances often across rugged and inhospitable terrain. They truly deserve much more credit than we give them.
Wow! Very informational! The prices, the food, the hardship, the adventure, the bravery, all there! Over the years, you're channel is becoming legendary, Santee! You hit another milestone, brother! Thanks again, Santee! And I'm truly grateful for all the info you guide us to! Take care!🥃🤠💖
There is a good book about two brothers following the Oregon Trail with a team of mules. The Oregon Trail, A New American Journey, by Rinker Buck. I found it interesting that Conestoga wagons were not the norm. Farm wagons were more prevalent. The preferred propulsion was not horses but oxen or mules. The book is a good read.
Just wanna thank you. Y'all are greatly appreciated by one ol" Oklahoma Cowboy. Ive been thoroughly enjoying these pictures shows since the beginning. Keep up the great work. Y'all are doin something ive always wanted to do live in the past .
Great video! Just finished "Blood and Thunder" by Hampton Sides. Lots of information on how Kit Carson and John Fremont were instrumental in popularizing and de-mystifying the Oregon trail back east.
When I was a kid we lived in Tucson estates for a couple years and have been to old Tuscan a couple times as a kid. We moved back to Long Island after that but I’d love to get back there to see it as an adult and discover all the stuff I missed as a kid. I definitely have to get out there again some day. I don’t own any revolvers but I’d buy one special just for that.
Thanks again Santee & Co. What about those who went Westward on ships ? I'm talking sailing around South America from the East Coast to the West Coast . Years ago I read the book Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. Im my humble opinion it is a book everyone interested in the Old West in the 1840s should read sometime . He tells the story of sigbing on as a crewman on a ship out of Boston , sailing to California , and sailing back to Boston with a hold full of cowhides. As you can surmise , the trip took two years .
Thanks for this educational video and most of all for letting me relive my childhood. As always Mr. Santee you and your Pards have scored another hit. 🤠. Your pard, Kid Tumbleweed
This is one of the most important things a family who is packing to go. I feel most historians miss the mark on how important this is. AWESOME video Santee. LIKE 👍👍👍👍
Just wrapped up my lunch break from landscaping watching the video. I saw the notification and couldn't wait till lunch came to watch it. Thanks again guys for the great content🤠
When I moved from California to Arizona a couple years back, we just loaded everything into a U-Haul... and the entire process was hell! I can't imagine doing it the old way! -Desert Rat Rick
As a fan from the Oregon Trail game in middle school I can verify that you do indeed need that many rations. And don’t be surprised if your wagon wheel breaks along the way or little Mary contracts typhoid fever. Great video!
Hi guys loved it, that is alot to fit into a carriage wow imagine having to change the wheels on these that would be a mission in itself, its amazing how the poineers set off with hope dreams and what ever they had in their carriages,. I can imgine 600+ dollars would be quite the savings,.when I think of huge Victorian mansions that cost 300 dollars.. its really mind blowing isnt it..thanks Santee
Some time ago, after retiring from a "real job," I spent a couple of years working in an antiquarian bookshop. One book that I ran across - and to this day regret not keeping - was, for lack of better description, a "pioneer's survival encyclopedia" published in the 1850's. Taught all of the basic essentials. How to make black powder, how to make paint, how to make splints for broken bones, how to insulate a cabin, how to repair a broken wagon axel/wheel, etc. Like I said, damn me for not keeping it! Only wish I could remember the title/author of the book as I would love it have it today.
I love your show very much. It has brought much joy to my life. I love Dirty Dan, and the rest of the crew, and was wondering how long y'all been running together.
dang it Cheese, where has the professionalism gone ??? ha ha ha (this is way more fun :-) and thanks so much for the Dave Roberts document... just love it when practice accompanies theory !!
Sooooo your going to hitch your AGR logo laden wagon west eh at 227 shows it getting ready what a shopping list!! Liked the info on video didn't disappoint!! Well Done
I love the element of silliness you’ve added to your videos, while still giving us the great information you always have! Dave did a lot of great work, didn’t he? You gotta love that old cursive! Does Dirty Dan always steal your snacks? Or is this a recent development?
I bought the book by Randolph Marcy .. thank you .. My travel is mostly by mule and pack mule .. soon will be making a long ride of over 1000 miles .. but will be using some more modern equipment
Good episode, Santee. Never knew it was that difficult. Then again I study 1869 through 1899. Anything prior is mostly the Transcontinental Railroad's construction but sometimes I like to delve into stuff like this.
When you get to OR you'll end up in Jacksonville. Check out the Jacksonville inn and the school house brew house. You'll love it most of the buildings are from the 1800s
And I thought I had a lot of stuff in my car! I only hope that someday, some historian plunders through, and wonders at all my cool gear and doohickies. I bet the twizzlers will be considered survival rations.
That was both very interesting and informative. an you do a follow up and cover more of what happened on the trail.👍😊 In many ways a similar thing happened in Britain with people migrating to places like Canada and Australia. Between 1900 and 1914 some 2.8 million men migrated abroad. In some towns in Canada only one in five men were Canadian born the rest being British.
@@ArizonaGhostriders The Bush's and Bill Clinton's families all come from the same village in England. So would have known each other. Lyndon Johnson, Billy Graham, Richard Nixon and Neil Armstrong all came from the same area on the border between England and Scotland. They were all border reiver families. Not people you would want to upset.
Where can I pick up a $100 Prairie Schooner???? How accurate is the 1967 movie "The Way West"? (other than the Hollywood aspect) Another Great video Santee!
An RV would be an unimaginable luxury...I imagine an overloaded convertible station wagon without shock absorbers could simulate the trip pretty well, so long as everyone but the driver walked alongside the dirt road no faster than 2-3 mph...
When we followed the auto tour route we were towing a pop up Aliner. Still luxurious compared to their wagons but closer in size to them. What struck us was places like windlass hill where they lowered their wagons and we struck by the thought of try to lower your camper by hand down the same hill. Amazing what they did
Great and interesting video yet again Santee. Ive lately been playing a card game ive download which has made me think that if like the famous outlaws and lawmen of the of west, were there famous gamblers(card players) and famous cheats back then?
Hey Santee! I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century! I have always thought it would be so exciting to travel out West in a covered wagon and see the pristine beauty of the once wild frontier. I have always been intrigued by the story of Annie Tallent, the first white woman to enter the sacred land of the Lakota Indians in the Black Hills. She and her husband were in a party looking for gold and, according to the story I heard, after a long winter in the stockade they had built to protect themselves from Indian attacks, the whole group was arrested by the US Calvary and the stockade, along with all their possessions, was burned to the ground, the reason being that they were in violation of a government treaty made with the Indians. Annie's diary account "The Black Hills: or the Last Hunting Grounds of the Dakotahs " is now available for a reasonable price at Alibris.com. Thanks for another great video! Take care and God bless!
If you want a physical copy of The Prairie Traveler, Amazon sells reprints of it for fairly cheap. One of these days I'm going to get around to building the cot from that book.
All of the equipment you mentioned and how much they would cost was about right until you mentioned the TV part that was hilarious as I almost thought it existed 😂
Hey, that was a good way to start saturday. I really hate moving tbh, but moving back then would have really been something I would avoid. Probably by faking my death to get out of it. Thanks for the video.
Howdy Sandee. Another great video! One that might fit in with this subject would be one on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the first 9/11 tragedy in US history. How about it?
I saw a YT video a couple of years back, by a military trained survival expert, who tracked area where Donner Party died, and using techniques Mountain Men used, mostly learned from Native Americans nomadic tribes, showed how they could have survived their harsh winter. Resin laden pine trees for fuel with some having edible pine cones, ground rich in edible roots and hibernating animals, insects and larvae. Anyway, I can't find it! Is anyone familiar with this video and know where I could find it?
I'm not sure, but I might be more interested in human ribs then edible pine cones. I mean, how bad could it be? A little salt and pepper.... :-) KIDDING.
Not getting on weird side, but some Central American Drug gangs have ritualistic cannibalization of enemies, that reminds one of what the Aztecs and Mayans used to do to their enemies. Some interrogated captured members claimed that shoulder and round are the tastier of human flesh. Vikings preferred human brain, often eaten out of cooked skulls, whereas when cat ladies death is undetected for a while, hungry house cats seem to first prefer the face and necks first. On more pleasant note, pinnoles (sp?), the inside of some pine cones, are tasty available at some specialty or ethnic markets, and supposedly have some nutritional value. They are quite expensive.
600 pounds of bacon??? I’m in!!!
Yep!
We all are partner
The west has always fascinated me when I was a little kid. With my great grandfather I used to watch old westerns on tv. This channel give me my fix on the wild west
Glad to have you aboard.
I can't wait to use the guide book you shared in class.There were many things people needed and Dave did a great job with the numbers and items could take. The kids are alwys stunned by the amount of food needed. With the wagon only holding 2000 to 2500 pounds that means that it was mostly full of food, cooking and eating items, clothes and bedding. Nothing to set up a new home. They had to give up everything to move out west.
Thanks, Teach! Yeah, you know Dave would probably make you a guide for your very own so the kids could have something to look at that is accurate to the time. Ask him and see. It's really a remarkable thing he did.
Really enjoyed this one. Been long fascinated with the pioneers and the Oregon trail. My wife and I even followed the whole trail a few years back, but we did it with a car and a camper, not a covered wagon. Even so it was still a lot of work and tiring, but one of our best trips ever. Really gave us an appreciation of what they went through.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That guide is gold. You never know when you might have to pack out. And what's better than living off the land on your way to living off the land? At least you know what plants are edible. Thanks for another great video don't know how I miss this one. 🤠🌵
Thanks/
LONG LIVE THE WEST
Much appreciated.
Long live Texas, 🤙🏼❤️🤠
@@Threewolfs- so many outlaws and con men have moved there lately that I'm feeling a little sad for TX ... Hoping y'all kick em out and vote nothing but "R" the next time around. Them "Ds" are trying to disarm y'all and bring Poncho Via back up from MX ... May the Good Lord grant you the victory !
@@Threewolfs- Arizona
Amen to that!
from Alberta
Thank you Professor Santee for teaching me today. It's a pleasure being in your history class.
It was all LIES!
@@ArizonaGhostriders : D
I love learning about the West of the United States. I want to visit one day. But your videos are super cool. Thanks Santee (Top Dog)
Glad you like them!
Ain't that the truth. Anyone with consistently top notch quality videos like Santee's should have millions of subs.
I found this channel a year ago and I fell in love ever since I think santee deserves reach 100,000 by the end of 2020
I like that plan!! Let's do it!
I’m guessing this is “packing out” around 1840-1850? Looking forward to the next installment. Keep up the great work!
The term carried through. The Prairie Traveler had another printing in 1861. Thank you!
Arizona Ghostriders, Cool. I’m keen to see how packing list changed. I was assuming that after the Civil War their would be more established routes with more trading posts along the way making the trip less treacherous. And after the transcontinental railroad more would just sell everything and hop a train. This is a very interesting topic. Great job Santee!
@@KnifeChatswithTobias Thank you. I wonder what it would cost to freight all your stuff over and jump on a train. I'll look into it. That railroad was opened in 1869, four years after the war, so that leaves four years of wagon migration.
I wonder if there was a family that showed up right as the railroad completed and opened who said, "What? Why did nobody tell us? We would have waited a few months!"
@@ArizonaGhostriders, that sounds like a great ending for a frontier comedy like Blazing Saddles.
@@ArizonaGhostriders I was just thinking the same thing. Arriving in town having said goodbye grandma and grandpa, thinking you'd never see them again, and there waiting for you is grandma and grandpa asking what took you so long.
Wait, what?
Been back and forth across the nation many times, have even traveled some of the pioneer trails ( where significant enough portions remain ) and never has it not amazed me that any human could posses the unbreakable will and iron constitution that it would've required to travel by foot or wagon those long distances often across rugged and inhospitable terrain. They truly deserve much more credit than we give them.
We credit them by making the West a success.
Wow! Very informational! The prices, the food, the hardship, the adventure, the bravery, all there! Over the years, you're channel is becoming legendary, Santee! You hit another milestone, brother! Thanks again, Santee! And I'm truly grateful for all the info you guide us to! Take care!🥃🤠💖
Much appreciated, Biilly Jeff!
I tried doing the Oregon Trail, but my oxen died, I ran out of bullets then died of dysentery...🤪😉
Awww, just restart the game.
@@ArizonaGhostriders If only you could do that with life...
@@tscream80 yes...
@@tscream80 Amen to that, sang the chorus
Died of dysentery. Thought you'd last weight. And ran out of clean underwear 💩
There is a good book about two brothers following the Oregon Trail with a team of mules. The Oregon Trail, A New American Journey, by Rinker Buck. I found it interesting that Conestoga wagons were not the norm. Farm wagons were more prevalent. The preferred propulsion was not horses but oxen or mules. The book is a good read.
The Prairie Schooners were seen early on in the period, and later were not used very much.
Just wanna thank you. Y'all are greatly appreciated by one ol" Oklahoma Cowboy. Ive been thoroughly enjoying these pictures shows since the beginning. Keep up the great work. Y'all are doin something ive always wanted to do live in the past .
Glad you enjoy it! Appreciate you keeping the Old West alive.
Loved the information. I can see why the Prairie Schooner was so big. Great job Compadre!
Gracias!
Great video! Just finished "Blood and Thunder" by Hampton Sides. Lots of information on how Kit Carson and John Fremont were instrumental in popularizing and de-mystifying the Oregon trail back east.
Very cool!
When I was a kid we lived in Tucson estates for a couple years and have been to old Tuscan a couple times as a kid. We moved back to Long Island after that but I’d love to get back there to see it as an adult and discover all the stuff I missed as a kid. I definitely have to get out there again some day. I don’t own any revolvers but I’d buy one special just for that.
You're welcome to come on down anytime...well, after the pandemic. We are a hotspot.
Arizona Ghostriders I thought I saw old Tuscan closing a couple years ago or something. Did it close at some point and reopen?
@@Rubble1 It did. 2002 or 2003.
Wow! Packing out was a big, very costly, and life-changing experience.
Thanks for the link to the free book in the Description Box. Appreciate it.
Our pleasure!
Thanks again Santee & Co. What about those who went Westward on ships ? I'm talking sailing around South America from the East Coast to the West Coast . Years ago I read the book Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. Im my humble opinion it is a book everyone interested in the Old West in the 1840s should read sometime . He tells the story of sigbing on as a crewman on a ship out of Boston , sailing to California , and sailing back to Boston with a hold full of cowhides. As you can surmise , the trip took two years .
Good request!
Thanks for this educational video and most of all for letting me relive my childhood. As always Mr. Santee you and your Pards have scored another hit. 🤠. Your pard, Kid Tumbleweed
Appreciated!
You hare my trail boss to Oregon! Great insight of pioneers journey to the west , another great lesson.
Thank you!
This is one of the most important things a family who is packing to go. I feel most historians miss the mark on how important this is. AWESOME video Santee. LIKE 👍👍👍👍
So true! Thank you so much.
Truly, thank you. I enjoy learning something.
Glad to hear it! We learn something too, when making them. So, everyone wins.
That was a very informative video. Thank you pard.
Glad you enjoyed it
You ain't never gonna get the better of Dan. He ain't gonna let you. Great video, and thanks to you all.
You're welcome!!
Just wrapped up my lunch break from landscaping watching the video. I saw the notification and couldn't wait till lunch came to watch it. Thanks again guys for the great content🤠
Glad you enjoyed it and hope the landscaping went well.
@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks Santee, and yes the job went well it was an easy day.
When I moved from California to Arizona a couple years back, we just loaded everything into a U-Haul... and the entire process was hell! I can't imagine doing it the old way!
-Desert Rat Rick
U-Haul....Old West style.
HOW MUCH BACON DID YOU HAUL WITH YOU??
@@crazyhorseranchaz A couple of sides!
Roku TV , LOL! You goober! My wife and I got a good laugh at that one. Great video.
Thanks!!
Great episode! I'm ready for more. And I enjoy the outtakes at the end.
They were funny. Rita got to play with Dirty Dog, and she loved it.
As a fan from the Oregon Trail game in middle school I can verify that you do indeed need that many rations. And don’t be surprised if your wagon wheel breaks along the way or little Mary contracts typhoid fever. Great video!
HAHA! Thanks.
Last time I was this early I was watching a John Wayne movie
That was like three hours ago. We can all do that one. 😊😊
HA!
Thank you Santee , for sharing this with us ! I ALWAYS enjoy your efforts man, and you helped lift my spirits up today. God bless you.
You are so welcome and have a great weekend.
Hi guys loved it, that is alot to fit into a carriage wow imagine having to change the wheels on these that would be a mission in itself, its amazing how the poineers set off with hope dreams and what ever they had in their carriages,. I can imgine 600+ dollars would be quite the savings,.when I think of huge Victorian mansions that cost 300 dollars.. its really mind blowing isnt it..thanks Santee
I wonder what the economy was like during that period in your country...?
Love that pup. ❤️❤️❤️🤠
Gettin' big!
That lill dog at the end would be a nice lill snack, when things got hard😜😆. 👍🏼❤️🤠
NO!!!!
To quote Jim Bridger, never name something you might have to eat.
Some time ago, after retiring from a "real job," I spent a couple of years working in an antiquarian bookshop. One book that I ran across - and to this day regret not keeping - was, for lack of better description, a "pioneer's survival encyclopedia" published in the 1850's. Taught all of the basic essentials. How to make black powder, how to make paint, how to make splints for broken bones, how to insulate a cabin, how to repair a broken wagon axel/wheel, etc. Like I said, damn me for not keeping it! Only wish I could remember the title/author of the book as I would love it have it today.
Very cool
Great topic and outstanding video Santee. Thank you for the links to the book .
You’re welcome
Good one Santee.
Thanks, Greg!
just done putting up a new curtain rail, like all men I LOVE IT., really needed this santee, thaaaaaaaaanks graham in England
I understand, Graham! Glad it helped ya.
Hi Santee. Another very cool video. I’ll be honest I wouldn’t have faired well back then. With no cell phones and my glue gun 😂. Tfs my friend Diane
LOL! Thanks, Diane.
I love your show very much. It has brought much joy to my life. I love Dirty Dan, and the rest of the crew, and was wondering how long y'all been running together.
Many years
dang it Cheese, where has the professionalism gone ??? ha ha ha (this is way more fun :-) and thanks so much for the Dave Roberts document... just love it when practice accompanies theory !!
You're welcome, Joe!
Informative and interesting .Question : why sugar ,for black coffee? Thanks for the new episode. Waiting for the next. See you down the trail.
Yes, and for baked goods they could make (pies and such).
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks Cowboys ,this is good.
Sooooo your going to hitch your AGR logo laden wagon west eh at 227 shows it getting ready what a shopping list!! Liked the info on video didn't disappoint!! Well Done
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Professionalism? We know not of this word you speak.
This is one of those Old West things I've always been fascinated about.
LOL! Good.
Outstanding. Thanks Santee
Glad you enjoyed it
I love the element of silliness you’ve added to your videos, while still giving us the great information you always have! Dave did a lot of great work, didn’t he? You gotta love that old cursive! Does Dirty Dan always steal your snacks? Or is this a recent development?
Thanks much! He steal snacks to help me not eat them. Maybe.
Arizona Ghostriders Well, that would explain why you’re thinner! 😂😂 I’m only kidding.
I bought the book by Randolph Marcy .. thank you .. My travel is mostly by mule and pack mule .. soon will be making a long ride of over 1000 miles .. but will be using some more modern equipment
Wonderful! have fun with it!
What?! NO Rand-McNally Maps or GPS available during those days?? Who woulda thunk it!!
Another great video Santee!!
Thanks. Nope, no GPS. Just wagon ruts to follow...
Good episode, Santee. Never knew it was that difficult. Then again I study 1869 through 1899. Anything prior is mostly the Transcontinental Railroad's construction but sometimes I like to delve into stuff like this.
The railroad changed it all, as you know.
@@ArizonaGhostriders indeed it did.
Your best yet! I can't wait to research
Enjoy
When you get to OR you'll end up in Jacksonville. Check out the Jacksonville inn and the school house brew house. You'll love it most of the buildings are from the 1800s
I really do want to check that out. Thanks!
And I thought I had a lot of stuff in my car! I only hope that someday, some historian plunders through, and wonders at all my cool gear and doohickies. I bet the twizzlers will be considered survival rations.
Yes, they would. Probably still be good 100 years from now!
Red Vines Anything else is un American.
That was both very interesting and informative. an you do a follow up and cover more of what happened on the trail.👍😊
In many ways a similar thing happened in Britain with people migrating to places like Canada and Australia. Between 1900 and 1914 some 2.8 million men migrated abroad. In some towns in Canada only one in five men were Canadian born the rest being British.
My ancestors traveled to from the UK to Canada and eventually migrated to the U.S.
@@ArizonaGhostriders The Bush's and Bill Clinton's families all come from the same village in England. So would have known each other. Lyndon Johnson, Billy Graham, Richard Nixon and Neil Armstrong all came from the same area on the border between England and Scotland. They were all border reiver families. Not people you would want to upset.
Thank you! Another great presentation. Had to laugh that your Wife stole Dan’s line he stole from you! Please tell Dan ‘Hi!’ from southwest Missouri!
Will do!
So that's enough bacon for a couple of weeks... But ah what is everyone else going to eat?
Great video Santee!
You got that right! Thank you!
How fun. Loved this episode yet again, my Saturday is started out perfect.
Much appreciated.
Nice hat Dan!
He likes it.
Where can I pick up a $100 Prairie Schooner???? How accurate is the 1967 movie "The Way West"? (other than the Hollywood aspect) Another Great video Santee!
I'll have to watch it and see. Thanks!
Great as usuall, it was no small task to go west back in the days :) Great Work Santee :)
Thank you!
You see, even our fellow Americans who live in the frontier needed some entertainment. Who can say no to the 64" LED TV?
Right?
So pretty much it’s like having a wagon to go one state to another like your modern day RVs trips
Yup
An RV would be an unimaginable luxury...I imagine an overloaded convertible station wagon without shock absorbers could simulate the trip pretty well, so long as everyone but the driver walked alongside the dirt road no faster than 2-3 mph...
VZ_ 342 I would love to see a retro RV model after either a chuck wagon or anything in the old west just with the engine for faster trips
When we followed the auto tour route we were towing a pop up Aliner. Still luxurious compared to their wagons but closer in size to them. What struck us was places like windlass hill where they lowered their wagons and we struck by the thought of try to lower your camper by hand down the same hill. Amazing what they did
😂 👍. You always seem to brighten my day. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Great episode Santee
Thank you! Hope all is well with ya.
Ehi, Santee! To begin with congratulations for Arizona Ghostriders!
I wish a video on Clint Eastwood for his birthday.
Go ahead, make my day!
Thanks, Giovanni!
@@ArizonaGhostriders You are welcomed, Santee!
I lost it when Bill made fun of Singing in the Rain.
Great video sante stay safe
Thank you!
Great and interesting video yet again Santee. Ive lately been playing a card game ive download which has made me think that if like the famous outlaws and lawmen of the of west, were there famous gamblers(card players) and famous cheats back then?
Yes there were. Please watch the one on gambling for more info, and thanks for watching.
@@ArizonaGhostriders cheers Santee and shall do so in five minutes
Where's the chips, little debbie's, and audiobook CDs?!
No wonder it was so hard to survive in the Wild West!! 😲
YES!
Wow that’s a lot of supplies.
Remember, it's for a year (for 3 people).
Love this. Thanks
You’re welcome
Hey Santee another great video really made my day!
Hey, thanks!
Hey Santee! I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century! I have always thought it would be so exciting to travel out West in a covered wagon and see the pristine beauty of the once wild frontier. I have always been intrigued by the story of Annie Tallent, the first white woman to enter the sacred land of the Lakota Indians in the Black Hills. She and her husband were in a party looking for gold and, according to the story I heard, after a long winter in the stockade they had built to protect themselves from Indian attacks, the whole group was arrested by the US Calvary and the stockade, along with all their possessions, was burned to the ground, the reason being that they were in violation of a government treaty made with the Indians. Annie's diary account "The Black Hills: or the Last Hunting Grounds of the Dakotahs " is now available for a reasonable price at Alibris.com. Thanks for another great video! Take care and God bless!
Thanks for the info on the Annie's diary!
If you want a physical copy of The Prairie Traveler, Amazon sells reprints of it for fairly cheap. One of these days I'm going to get around to building the cot from that book.
Yes. There are other guides, too, that would be fun to find.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Including the guide the Donner Party used...
I really do enjoy these videos!
Glad!
Gosh, no twin snakes? It must have been really rough!
Love them things.
All of the equipment you mentioned and how much they would cost was about right until you mentioned the TV part that was hilarious as I almost thought it existed 😂
Hahaah!! Leave it to me....
Great video that was Really Awesome
Glad you enjoyed it, Tyler!
Great as Always !!!!!!
Thanks again!
How about an episode dealing with books, reading material & libraries in the old west?
Of course! I love it.
Great information
Glad you think so!
Hey, that was a good way to start saturday.
I really hate moving tbh, but moving back then would have really been something I would avoid. Probably by faking my death to get out of it. Thanks for the video.
HAHAAH! That's awesome.
Lol same
WELL, It's about time.....You finally gave Kenny a line.,,,,,,Hard enough to cross Kansas in a car. Wouldn't want to do it in a wagon.
I would want to try one day of it.
Great idea for a series piece, an be glad he didn't find the toilet paper!
HA!
Howdy Sandee. Another great video! One that might fit in with this subject would be one on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the first 9/11 tragedy in US history. How about it?
Will do.
Very good!
Glad you think so!
Is there a video on musical instruments? If not it would be a really cool video!
Not yet. Just music.
Hey Santee. Go research the great trek of the boers in South Africa in the 1830s. It's interesting.
I bet. Thanks.
Last question i promise lol
Will you be doing a video of Blacksmiths in the old west?
Yes, we will.
@@ArizonaGhostriders woohoo!
I've got that same T.V. sure would be nice to have on a wagon back then! Maybe some air conditioning too!
...and Oxen drive-thru at MacDonalds.
@@ArizonaGhostriders 😂😂😂
I saw a YT video a couple of years back, by a military trained survival expert, who tracked area where Donner Party died, and using techniques Mountain Men used, mostly learned from Native Americans nomadic tribes, showed how they could have survived their harsh winter. Resin laden pine trees for fuel with some having edible pine cones, ground rich in edible roots and hibernating animals, insects and larvae. Anyway, I can't find it! Is anyone familiar with this video and know where I could find it?
I'm not sure, but I might be more interested in human ribs then edible pine cones. I mean, how bad could it be? A little salt and pepper....
:-) KIDDING.
Not getting on weird side, but some Central American Drug gangs have ritualistic cannibalization of enemies, that reminds one of what the Aztecs and Mayans used to do to their enemies. Some interrogated captured members claimed that shoulder and round are the tastier of human flesh. Vikings preferred human brain, often eaten out of cooked skulls, whereas when cat ladies death is undetected for a while, hungry house cats seem to first prefer the face and necks first.
On more pleasant note, pinnoles (sp?), the inside of some pine cones, are tasty available at some specialty or ethnic markets, and supposedly have some nutritional value. They are quite expensive.
Looks like me packing for a civil war event...LOL
LOL!
Thought to de considered: Dressing the Part, Drifter.
The Hollywood Drifter. Yes.
I'd certainly watch it!
Hey Santee how about dress the part buffalo hunter sign cass callicott
I'll work on it
great video. come on over to Oregon. I live in Southern Oregon. would love to show you around.
Deal!
You can get all my contact info from Jedi Knight. we go back more than 25 years.
@@billlongiotti9533 Wow. He's good people. Are you a SASS member?
yes, Iam " Just Bill"
The Oregon State Championship will be June 25 -28. It will be in Bend, Oregon. Jed will be there also.
Great video.
Thanks!
Good stuff!
Thanks!
When you guys do what you do, what time is it from?
The era of Westward Expansion until the end of the Old West
Do they actually have excursions where you can pay to do an old chuck wagon ride out to Oregon?
They do! www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/oregon-trail-in-wyoming-wy/