coonskins

The log cabins, the cider and the coonskins were the symbols of the triumph of Middle Western ideas, and were carried with misgivings by the merchants, the bankers and the manufacturers of the

The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner 1896

As a result of the fad, a shortage of coonskins developed, and an earlier fad, the raccoon coat of the twenties, was ripped up to make caps.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

It was my business in the shop to stretch foxskins and coonskins across a wood-horse and with a knife, made for that purpose, pluck the hair from the fur.

The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912

I despise the odor of foxskins and coonskins to this good day.

The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912

Often, after a hard day's work, he hunted half of the night to obtain coonskins and other furs.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889

A few negroes and poor whites were at the counter, and Meshach was measuring whiskey out to them by the cheap dram in exchange for coonskins and eggs.

The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877

He also instructs his wife on a matter relating to coonskins.

Augusta County: Henry H. Dedrick to Mary E. A. Dedrick, June 14, 1863 Henry H. Dedrick 1863

Lissa I understand that John Coyner claims them coonskins at fathers.

Augusta County: Henry H. Dedrick to Mary E. A. Dedrick, June 14, 1863 Henry H. Dedrick 1863

Several of the clubs drew large log cabins on wheels, decked with suitable inscriptions, cider-barrels, 'coonskins, and other frontier articles.

Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853

He brought 'coonskins to buy whiskey to treat his friends.

David Crockett 1841