Topics in Kansas History: Community & Daily LifeMenThe Kansas frontier was a masculine world. In succession, trappers, traders, soldiers, hunters, gamblers, and cowboys sought adventure beyond the confines of Eastern society. Most worked for their own individual advantage with little thought for others. For recreation, they boozed and brawled, sometimes over the few women who ventured into such an environment. Human life was often very cheap. Young men, especially, were lured by the rough and tumble life of the frontier. There they could "sow wild oats" with virtually no restraint. read more Find resources on men. 
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