A Soapy Surprise
In the lovely era we live in, there is a variety of different soaps to choose from. From Aveeno to Dove, finding soap isn’t an issue we think about daily. Despite not having many options to choose from, soap did exist in the Wild West, but its ingredients, however, were pretty simple.
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Most of them included animal fat, water, lye, and some herbs for a pleasant aroma. One of the southwestern plants they used to make the soap foamy was “Soap Plant,” aka Chlorogalum Pomeridianum, aka “amole.” We should really appreciate the fact that we can walk into a store and have tons of soap options and scents.