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Bedouin woman with pigtails, 1880s.. The term pigtail appears in English in the American colonies in the 17th century to describe a twist of chewing tobacco.One of the steps in processing the tobacco was to twist a handful of leaves together to form a compact bunch that would then be cured (dried, either with or without smoking).
[11] [12] In Philadelphia, Israel Whelen, purveyor of public supplies, purchased necessities for the expedition with a list provided by Lewis; among the items found were 193 pounds of portable soup, 130 rolls of pigtail tobacco, 30 gallons of strong spirit of wine, a wide assortment of Native American presents, medical and surgical supplies ...
The Story of Tobacco in America (UNC 1949) Robert, Joseph Clarke. "The Tobacco Kingdom: Plantation, Market, and Factory in Virginia and North Carolina, 1800-1860 (Duke University Press, 1938). Tilley, Nannie May The Bright Tobacco Industry 1860–1929 ISBN 0-405-04728-2. online; Tilley, Nannie May The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (1985) online
Dipping tobacco, also known as dip, moist snuff (or simply snuff), American moist snuff, or spit tobacco, is a form of smokeless tobacco. Dip is sometimes also called chew or chaw; because of this, it is commonly confused with chewing tobacco. Because it is sometimes called snuff or moist snuff, it can also be confused with nasal or dry snuff.
America's Best Chew (formerly Red Man) is an American brand of chewing tobacco introduced in 1904. [1] Red Man traditionally came as leaf tobacco, in contrast to twist chewing tobacco or the ground tobacco used in snuff. It is made by the Pinkerton Tobacco company of Owensboro, Kentucky.
'Type 22' tobacco is a classification of United States tobacco product as defined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, effective date November 7, 1986. The definition states that 'Type 22' tobacco is a type of dark, fire-cured tobacco, known as Eastern District fire-cured, produced principally in a section east of the Tennessee River in ...
A converted, paved former railroad line, the High Trestle Trail runs north from the Carney Marsh Preserve in Ankeny 25 miles through Uptown Ankeny, Sheldahl and Slater, then west to Madrid and ...
In 1856, John Middleton opened a tobacco store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, his family added more stores and a mail order business. [1] In 1950, the company began making its own pipe tobacco, and by 1959 sold its stores and concentrated on making and selling tobacco. [2] In 1960, John Middleton Co. moved to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.