The existence of paleosols, "fossil soils," is a popular argument of anticreationists. Paleosols have been reported from several locations east of the Rocky Mountains in northern Montana, U.S.A., and southern Alberta, Canada. These alleged paleosols have been correlated between erosional remnants corresponding to the Flaxville Plain, an extensive surficial planar erosion surface, and dated by correlation to magnetic reversals. A chronology of 2.6 million years has been presented in the literature, with multiple glaciations, paleogeographic and paleoclimatologic reconstructions. The first part of this series presents background, methods, and a description of field sites where these alleged paleosols are found, including field data. The second part will present laboratory data and a discussion of field and laboratory data from both the traditional and diluvial perspectives.