The Cabin Frontier
Why Mountain Man ROCK OVENS Stayed Hot 24 Hours While Yours Cools in 2
When Temperatures Hit -52° in Wisconsin He Dug Insulated Pits to Save His Chickens From Death
How Mountain Men Made Clothing to Survive Ice Winds, Starvation, and Wolves on the Ridge Trail
How One Mountain Man's Foolish Trick Made Cabins Block Bears Out and Keep Fresh Air Flowing
How One German Pioneer’s Brick Hearth Stayed Hot for Days After His Neighbors’ Fires Burned Out
Everyone Mocked His Grave Shelter — Then It Stayed 60°F With ZERO Firewood
When Temperatures Hit 55° in Colorado He Dug Underground Barns to Save His Mules From Cold
How One Guide's 'Secret' Trick Made His Lean To 40 Degrees Warmer Than Basic Brush Huts
Everyone Mocked His Grave Shelter — Then It Stayed 60°F With ZERO Firewood
Trapped by an Avalanche: How One Pioneer Dug "Snow Tunnels" to Keep His Family Breathing
When Storms Hit South Pass Wyoming, He Built Rock Windbreaks to Save His Mules From the Winds
Neighbors Said His Pigs Would Freeze at −30°F — But His "Dugout Barn" Kept Them Alive
They Called His Well Location "Stupid" — Then It Saved the Entire Town During the Great Drought
The "Log Barrier" Trick That Saved a Trapper's Fortune During a 7-Day Flood
Everyone Said His Cattle Would Die in the Dakota Blizzard — Then He Dug Into the Earth
When Grizzlies Hit Yellowstone Basin, He Built Stone Barriers to Save His Camp From Bear Attacks
How One Scout's 'Secret' Design Made His Snow Cave 43 Degrees Warmer Than Ice Shelters
Settlers Laughed At His Toy Wagon — Then It Crossed the Rockies When All Others Failed
Trappers Mocked His Crazy Rifle — Then It Dropped a Grizzly at 300 Yards in a Blizzard
How One Norwegian Settler’s Heavy Masonry Stove Heated His Entire Cabin for Two Full Days Straigh
How One Finnish Trapper’s Thick Soapstone Stove Made His Cabin Warm Long After the Flames Died
How One Mountain Man’s “Secret Trick” Let His Fire Burn Hotter With Half the Wood All Season Long
How One Mountain Man Outsmarted the Endless Winter That Buried His Trail and Silenced the Woods
How One Mountain Man’s “Wrong” Window Placement Made His Cabin 20° Warmer and Brighter Than the Re
How One Mountain Man’s “Forgotten Formula” Made His Chimney Draw Perfectly in Any Weathe
How One Mountain Man’s “Lost Campfire Method” Cooked His Meals Hot Even in a Freezing Whiteout
How One Mountain Man's Secret Tool Cut Wood Faster in Summer and Stayed Sharp in Winter
How One Mountain Man’s “Old Frontier Hack” Saved His Food Supply From Rotting in the Summer Heat
How One Mountain Man's Crazy Design Kept Food Fresh in Summer and Frozen in Winter
How One Pioneer's Secret Method Made Bread Rise in Cold Camps and Stay Soft for Weeks