Like was it in a tent, or a barn, or in a sleeping bag. Please help.
2007-02-26 01:50:36 · 10 answers · asked by ryanr 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
At home on the ranch they slept in bunkhouses. Any large operation had a building that was home to the workers. When out in the fields or on a cattle drive they slept in bedrolls. A bedroll is like a sleeping bag made out of blankets. It is rolled tightly and kept rolled by putting a belt or piece of leather around it. Of course tents were used if the cowboys were going to be in one location for a while, but usually a cowboys job kept them on the move.
2007-02-26 01:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by YahooGuru2u 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of the above.
Cowboys were very industrious in making camp out of just about nothing. When they were away moving cattle, or watching a herd, a simple fire and a small tent was sufficient.
Barns, when they were available. Sleeping bags, not till the 20th century.
2007-02-26 01:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they did not have the luxuary of sleeping bags way back then. What they did was strip thier horse of its tack and use the sadel blanket for a outer wrap thier oil cloth slicker for a ground cloth and thay carried a bed roll made up of two heavy wool blankets for the main covers.
thay would spread the slicker on the ground then spread the saddel blanket over that then the bed roll.
when it was real cold they would try to find a sheltered area to set up camp and build thier fire so that the back area would reflect the heat back onto them.
al this under gods roof.
2007-02-26 01:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weeeellll young fella, in between cattle drives they slept in the bunkhouse. Out on the trail they slept in their bedroll right out under the stars. You gotta watch a couple of cowboy movies every now and then... yu-huh...
2007-02-26 01:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by AK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on where they were--they could sleep in a cabin; they could sleep in a bunkhouse; they could sleep in a bedroll (I wouldn't call it a sleeping bag) if they were on a cattle drive. Many cowboys, many nights--they didn't all sleep the same way.
2007-02-26 01:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when there wasn't a best western available,
they often spread a blanket on the ground, used their saddle as a pillow, and covered with another blanket.
if it was cold, they huddled around a campfire.
or, if it was really cold, they would dig some holes, not too deep, and bury heated rocks in the holes and cover them back up with the dirt.
that provided some heat throughout the night.
2007-02-26 01:54:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mountain One 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch a John Wayne movie.
2007-02-26 01:52:53 · answer #7 · answered by vanishdorgans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cowyboys on an open range would have most likely used a bedroll that they carried with them.
2007-02-26 01:55:17 · answer #8 · answered by Bill G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the stars on their bedrolls. Basically, a blanket, rolled up for traveling.
2007-02-26 01:53:24 · answer #9 · answered by lisateric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why, they slept at the cowboy hotel and their little horsies slept in a little barn.
2007-02-26 01:54:22 · answer #10 · answered by Billie R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋