What were buffalo hides used for?
Pat McManus
Cave Junction, Oregon
Often, they were used for coats or blankets—both by Indians and Whites. In the early 1870s, a cheap commercial process for tanning bison hides was developed in England and Germany. Hides from which the hair had been removed (called flint hides) were superb for making the soles of boots and industrial belts.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army, including Buff

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