| What |
Prize in $ |
Details |
| 10 gallon was tub |
1.25 |
|
| axe |
1.25 |
|
| bacon |
0.05 |
per pound |
| beans |
0.06 |
per pound |
| bread pan |
0.25 |
|
| bridle and blinders |
3.00 |
|
| bucket |
0.25 |
|
| butcher knife |
0.50 |
|
| candles |
0.15 |
|
| cattle |
8.00 to 20.00 |
depending on age |
| cloth cover |
1.00 or less |
per yard |
| coffee |
0.10 |
per pound |
| coffee mill |
1.00 |
|
| coffee pot |
0.75 |
|
| Colt revolver |
25.00 |
|
| corn meal |
0.05 |
per pound |
| covered wagon |
70.00 |
|
| dried fruit |
0.06 |
per pound |
| farm wagon |
25.00 to 30.00 |
|
| ferrying rivers |
2.00 to 5.00 |
per wagon |
| flour |
0.02 |
per pound |
| frying pan |
1.50 |
|
| grease |
mostly free |
the tallow was usually mixed with pine resins or sometimes beeswax thinned with turpentine |
| hand tools |
2.50 |
|
| hoe |
1.25 |
|
| horse blankes |
2.00 |
|
| hunting knife |
1.00 |
|
| Indian moccasins |
0.50 |
|
| lard |
0.05 |
per pound |
| milk cow |
70.00 to 75.00 |
|
| mule |
10.00 to 15.00 |
|
| mule collar |
1.25 |
|
| musket |
10.00 |
|
| nails |
0.07 |
per pound |
| ox |
30.00 to 35.00 |
4 to 6 but more were better |
| pack horse |
25.00 |
|
| pack saddle |
2.50 |
|
| pepper |
0.08 |
per pound |
| rice |
0.05 |
per pound |
| riding horse |
75.00 or less |
|
| rifle |
15.00 |
double barreled rifles |
| rope |
2.50 |
|
| saddle with saddle bags |
5.00 |
|
| saleratus |
0.12 |
per pound |
| salt |
0.06 |
per pound |
| sheet iron stove |
15.00 to 20.00 |
|
| shotugn |
10.00 |
mostly single barrel shotguns |
| shovel |
1.25 |
|
| single shot pistol |
5.00 |
|
| soap |
0.15 |
per pound |
| stew kettle |
0.50 |
|
| sugar |
0.04 |
per pound |
| tack |
5.00 |
|
| tanned buffalo hide |
4.00 |
|
| tea |
0.60 |
per pound |
| tent |
5.00 to 15.00 |
|
| tin table settings |
5.00 |
|
| vinegar |
0.25 |
per gallon |
| wagon bows |
3.00 |
per set |
| whip |
1.00 |
|
| woolen blanket |
2.50 |
|