Camp evenings blended hunting chores, song, and card games in one room.

Evidence

Some sit round the table playing at eucre, the strange hunters and prospectors lie on the floor smoking, and rifles are cleaned, bullets cast, fishing flies made, fishing tackle repaired, boots are waterproofed, part-songs are sung, and about half-past eight I cross the crisp grass to my cabin, always expecting to find something in it. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 137

Categorization

• FICTION: A single living room where rifles are cleaned, bullets cast, and part-songs sung is a ready-made stage for an ensemble frontier story.
• CANDY: The image of bullet-casting and fly-tying and singing happening at the same table is instantly shareable color.