Supply Towns
Supplies for four dollars? Yes! Supplies for four dollars! In supply towns, people only got a few dollars for working. Back in the olden days the prices were really low, so you could get food for only four to five dollars! Imagine that!
Supplies for four dollars? Yes! Supplies for four dollars! In supply towns, people only got a few dollars for working. Back in the olden days the prices were really low, so you could get food for only four to five dollars! Imagine that!
Chapter One Who went to supply towns?
People who went to supply towns were farmers, ranchers, and miners. They went to supply towns to buy things for themselves and for their farm houses: food, hardware, cloth, thread, lamps, and other household goods .The farmers would buy food for their animals and they would buy canned goods and eggs for themselves. Miners would buy rope and hammers for the mine. And women would buy cloth and thread to make clothes.
People buy things in supply towns for decorating their farms and farm houses. If new farmers were moving in they could use all the household goods to decorate their new homes.
People who went to supply towns were farmers, ranchers, and miners. They went to supply towns to buy things for themselves and for their farm houses: food, hardware, cloth, thread, lamps, and other household goods .The farmers would buy food for their animals and they would buy canned goods and eggs for themselves. Miners would buy rope and hammers for the mine. And women would buy cloth and thread to make clothes.
People buy things in supply towns for decorating their farms and farm houses. If new farmers were moving in they could use all the household goods to decorate their new homes.
Chapter two Where were supply towns?
One supply town that is in Colorado is Leadville. Back in the day, Leadville was a big mining town. Pioneers, Indians, and miners lived in Leadville. They would go to the general store to buy supplies for their camps and houses.
Farmers and ranchers got to buy things in supply towns if they had money. They would get money by working in mines and other jobs. Most people would only get a few dollars every day. They worked, which is why things in supply towns were not very expensive.
General store owners were really smart for having the price very low because if they did not then the townspeople would not be able to buy things because they only got a few dollars when they were working. Today people get a lot more money than they did back in the day, so the store owners have raised the prices.
One supply town that is in Colorado is Leadville. Back in the day, Leadville was a big mining town. Pioneers, Indians, and miners lived in Leadville. They would go to the general store to buy supplies for their camps and houses.
Farmers and ranchers got to buy things in supply towns if they had money. They would get money by working in mines and other jobs. Most people would only get a few dollars every day. They worked, which is why things in supply towns were not very expensive.
General store owners were really smart for having the price very low because if they did not then the townspeople would not be able to buy things because they only got a few dollars when they were working. Today people get a lot more money than they did back in the day, so the store owners have raised the prices.
Author's note
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