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Corn dodgers served as practical portable food for cattle drivers, settlers, and soldiers during the late 19th century in the Great Plains. Made from simple cornmeal dough cooked on a griddle or skillet, they provided necessary sustenance on long journeys and at camps. Their simplicity and durability illustrate frontier ingenuity and the prominence of cornmeal as a staple in this era of American expansion and settlement.