The only real excuse for their use, save for ornament in small pieces or narrow strips, is on long, cold rides in the winter, and among lumbermen, Frontiersmen, and explorers.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
All the men who founded these states were of much the same type; they were rough Frontiersmen, of strong will and adventurous temper, accustomed to the hard, barren, and yet strangely fascinating life of those who dwell as pioneers in the wilderness.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
He was of genuine use, however, in calling on and exciting the volunteers to come forward; for he was a fluent speaker, of fine presence, and his pompous self-sufficiency was rather admired than otherwise by the Frontiersmen, while his force, energy, and earnestness commanded their respect.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt