Available Supplies List



Available Supplies List

Survival in the wilderness depended on careful planning. Stocking and packing a wagon was serious work. In the mid-1800s covered wagon pioneers took with them some or all of the following 90 supplies. Your covered wagon cannot hold every item on the list. Select your supplies carefully. Consider the usefulness and importance of each item both on the trail and once you get to Oregon, your rate- even you survival – may depend on how wisely you select your supplies.

Each item on the supplies list has a Bulk Weight Unit (BWU) listed in parentheses. A BWU represents a combination of the item’s size and weight. As you select supplies notice that heavy or large items soon fill you wagon. Small, light items take less room.

The capacity or your covered wagon is 1000 Bulk Weight Units.

Household Items

Baby cradle (15)

Bed frame-one (30)

Bedding-for one bed (2)

Bible- family heirloom (5)

Blanket-one (3)

Butter churn (10)

Butter mold (2)

Candle sticks- one pair (2)

Candles-five (1)

Chest for clothing (35)

Clock (5)

Coal oil – one gallon (12)

Coffee grinder (3)

Coffee pot (3)

Cooking/serving utensils (6)

Cooking stove (75)

Dishes-family set (20)

Dutch oven (6)

Fabric-15 yards (12)

Family heirlooms (20)

Flint and steel (2)

Frying pan (6)

Lantern (3)

Loom (35)

Mirror (10)

Needle, thread, sewing kit (2)

Piano or small organ (100)

Pitcher and bowl (10)

Plants (10)

Rocking chair (15)

Rug (25)

Wagon Supply List

Directions: Select your wagon supplies from the Available Supply List and fill in the columns. Remember that your wagon holds only 1000 Bulk Weight Units (BWUs).

• Under Item Description write the name of the supply (boots, rifle, etc.)

• Under BWUs write the Bulk Weight Units for each item.

• In the Number of Items column write the number of those items you plan to take (you may take up to three of any item).

• To find the Total BWUs, multiply the BWUs for each item times the Number of Items

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Spinning wheel (25)

Stool (8)

Table and four chairs (50)

Trunk for storage (20)

Wooden bucket (5)

Woven basket (4)

Personal Items

Boots-one extra pair (4)

Clothing- one person (20)

Children’s toys (8)

Eating utensils-one person (1)

Fiddle (5)

First aid kit-family (10)

Guitar (6)

Hunting knife (3)

Pistol (4)

Powder horn (4)

Rifle (10)

Show shoes (4)

Tools

Anvil (40)

Axe (7)

Axle grease (13)

Bellows for fire (10)

Corn sheller (25)

Cross-cut saw- two-man (7)

Grain cradle (10)

Grind stone- large (20)

Hammer (2)

Hatchet (4)

Hoe (4)

Metal plow (40)

Oxen yoke repair kit (15)

Pick axe (5)

Pitch fork-three-prong (6)

Rope-100 feet (6)

Scythe (7)

Shovel (7)

Steel animal traps – four (20)

Tool assortment (10)

Twine- 100 feet (1)

Vise (5)

Food

Bacon-25 pounds (25)

Coffee-10 pounds (10)

Dried beef-25 pounds (25)

Dried pinto beans-25 pounds (25)

Flour- 50 pounds (50)

Salt-25 pounds (25)

Spices-assorted (1)

Vegetables-25 pounds (25)

Vinegar-3 gallons (24)

Miscellaneous Supplies

Animal feed – two animals (30)

Chicken coop (12)

Gun powder--keg (20)

Olive press (25)

Saddle (25)

Seeds- 50 pound bag (50)

Water barrel- 20 gallons (160)

Wood box- full of wood (25)

Item Description BWUs x Number = Total

of Items BWUs

Item Description BWUs x Number = Total

of Items BWUs

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