You may know it as something you mince for stews and sauces or something you spread on bread with butter or olive oil. Maybe you associate it with lingering bad breath or even with folklore – spurred by Bram ...
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28 Survival Foods The ‘Mountain Men’ Ate
The American Mountain Men of the early 19th century are one of our country’s enduring heroes. Men like Jim Bridger, Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, Andrew Henry and Kit Carson were the first people of European descent to explore our western ...
Read More »Unforgettable Survival Lessons … Straight From The Pilgrims
Each and every year, we celebrate a story of survival. But few people, other than schoolchildren, bother to think about it. The story of Thanksgiving is one of survival. The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 established one ...
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Chances are that you have used camphor numerous times in your life — but didn’t even know it. It is used in over-the-counter medicines and even some food products, but long before that it was used by our ancestors, ...
Read More »Surviving The Great Depression: Why Some Farms Flourished And Others Failed
When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, it sent the country into a tailspin and resulted in an economic depression that would last 10 years. Although no sector of the American economy was immune to the fallout, the ...
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