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May I Offer You A Drink?
Why would a child be permitted to drink such beverages? The reality was that beer actually contained a low alcoholic content. In addition, water supplies were seldom untainted. The possibility of obtaining a waterborne disease was very high. Drinking plain water could be down right dangerous to your health! Coffee and tea were other beverages that were commonly
consumed. Coffee became the preferred drink by 1830. It is
interesting to note that many frontier families actually made their coffee from
a variety of grains in lieu of the coffee bean.
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Would you be surprised to
know that infants and children drank beer, whiskey and wine in the Old West?