tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post4814102048643226306..comments2024-03-27T19:44:22.441-07:00Comments on Cowboy Kisses: Wages in the 1870'sGiniRifkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09808573690725909979noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-36796158097112552562016-05-07T13:53:22.120-07:002016-05-07T13:53:22.120-07:00Wages for cowboys in the days after the Civil War ...Wages for cowboys in the days after the Civil War were $30.00 and found, meaning about a dollar a day and meals, a bunk and a roof over your head.It was hard work, hot in the summer, cold in the winter with only a trip to town Saturday nights to relieve the sameness. But, you had the open sky, lots of clean air unless you were on a cattle drive, and the freedom to live the life a cowboys loves.Dorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970585875187588069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-61225943095716580832013-07-18T09:36:17.193-07:002013-07-18T09:36:17.193-07:00I really liked this post. Thanks, Lauri. :)I really liked this post. Thanks, Lauri. :)Kat Flanneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336446576342664119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-49729542419254739762013-07-15T17:42:01.859-07:002013-07-15T17:42:01.859-07:00Very useful information, Laurie. Thanks! Specifi...Very useful information, Laurie. Thanks! Specifics are always rare, so I lap them up like milk. :)Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-53299712931059169782013-07-15T16:53:39.878-07:002013-07-15T16:53:39.878-07:00Awesome to know. Honestly, I think TN is still li...Awesome to know. Honestly, I think TN is still living in that era. *lol* Wages here are measly but don't halt the rise of prices in everything. I feel worry for those in the work force here who struggle with $10.00 per hour. Don't know how they have so many kids and feed, clothe, and house them. I guess when the government runs out of money, food stamps will sorely be missed. Just think of those in the old west who didn't have any assistance to call on. If their crops failed, they went hungry. No wonder a penny went so far back then.<br />Thanks for posting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152821032321828999.post-27448150745182608722013-07-15T07:13:27.341-07:002013-07-15T07:13:27.341-07:00Lauri, that is very helpful for those of us who wr...Lauri, that is very helpful for those of us who write late 19th century novels. I had only a ledger from an ancestor's Tennessee story to go by. In the mountains of Tennessee, wages were lower, but so were expenses. This ancestor paid 75 cents a day for a wage. Thanks for the additional information.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com