25 Forgotten Pioneer Survival Lessons Worth Finding And Learning
Pioneer life has a special meaning in America. In less than 300 years, civilization spread across a vast continental wilderness. From the first landings in...
Author: James Cole
17 Lost Skills Worth Rediscovering
Our modern society is highly dependent upon the “system.” Not only do we rely upon utility services to bring us electricity, water and natural gas,...
60 Authentic Frontier Recipes From The First Settlers
Pioneers didn’t have much, but what they did have they made the best of. At first, the settlers favoured the customary foods and recipes from...
How to Use A Compass: A Lifesaving Skill In The Wilderness
A compass is a Go Bag essential, but it won’t do you squat if you don’t know how to use it, and chances are –...
SURVIVE EMERGENCIES IN THE FIELD: NATURAL FIRST AID TREATMENTS OUR GRANDFATHERS USED
You live in a world where so-called modern wonder drugs, laboratories, and equipment have obscured more “primitive” yet highly effective types of medicine involving determination,...
Red Cross War Cake (Trench Cake): WWI Survival Food
Today I’m going to share with you a century old recipe that helped the American soldiers, ‘’doughboys’’ as they were called, during WWI.
Top 10 Skills To Master To Be A Successful Prepper
It is important to understand that there’s an enormous amount of skills that every prepper should know and if there’s a skill that didn’t make...
The Lost Ways Second Edition
Many of you probably purchased or heard about The Lost Ways (first edition).The author, Claude Davis just issued the second edition of the book, The...
Natural Emergency Treatments Every Prepper Should Know
We live in a world where so-called modern wonder drugs, laboratories, and equipment have obscured more “primitive” yet highly effective types of medicine involving determination,...
25 Forgotten Homesteading Skills The Pioneers Mastered
Pioneer life has a special meaning in America. In less than 300 years, civilization spread across a vast continental wilderness.
How To Field Dress and Process Deer Meat For Storage
Love the taste of venison? I sure do. There’s almost nothing that compares to freshly prepared deer meat after a long hunt. But in order...
Five Ways To Preserve Meat In the Wild
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of how to preserve meat without a refrigerator and have completely forgotten how our grandfathers preserved their proteins. If you are stranded in the...
How To Make Smoked, Salt Cured Fatback
Mine was truly a lovely childhood. I grew up on salt pork that was stored hanged in our root cellar. Almost anything in our pantry...
10 Dutch Oven Recipes That Survived The Oregon Trail
Though the pioneer women were used to cooking, doing so on an open flame was not something they knew how to do.
The 4 Most Dangerous Bugs In The US
There are plenty of biting and stinging insects on US soil to watch out for. We all have the common sense to watch out for...
5 Handguns That Are Perfect for Home Defense
Having a handgun or two (or several in the case of guns enthusiasts) around the house is far from being a bad idea.