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25 FORGOTTEN SURVIVAL LESSONS FROM THE PIONEERS WORTH FINDING AND LEARNING

Pioneer life has a special meaning in America. In less than 300 years, civilization spread across a vast continental wilderness.…

James Cole

5 Ancient European Recipes For Your Survival Kitchen

Food and survival are symbiotic things, I mean, you can’t think about surviving without food, water and shelter, right? (more…)

Chris Black

Living In a Homestead Could Get You “SWAT Raided For Code Violations”

Editor’s Comment: It isn’t just that most people aren’t prepared to live off the land, it is that the system…

Bio Prepper

OLD WEST COOKIN’:60 Authentic Frontier Recipes – The “Real” Old Stuff From The Old West

Pioneers didn't have much, but what they did have they made the best of. At first, the settlers favoured the…

James Cole

Homesteading Skills To Learn From Pioneers

Living without power, mini-marts, cars, electronics or running water may seem like a nightmare scenario but to pioneers it was…

Theresa Crouse

Granny medicine – Home-made remedies from the OREGON TRAIL

Settlers relied on “ granny medicine ” or home remedies passed from mother to daughter over the years. (more…)

James Cole

Old West Beef Jerky: 8 Lost Recipes

Before refrigeration people relied on salt and smoke to preserve their meat. Most people lived on family farms and the…

James Cole

This Super Root Preserves Meat Indefinitely!

Native Indians of South America used this root to make a black juice called Cassareep that preserves meat for long…

C.Davis

Home Security: The 9 Steps That Will Keep You Safe When SHTF

I have been thinking about  home security a lot lately. I am not sure why, but this is the latest…

James Cole

OLD SCHOOL WILD GAME Smoked venison sausage recipes

For most of my venison recipes, I prefer to separate each muscle and cut slices or chunks across the grain…

James Cole