A woolen saddle blanket with a design commorating the Babbitt Ranches.

To commemorate the Babbitt family's proud and colorful history in the Indian Trading business, Babbitt's Wholesale, Inc. and Pendleton Woolen Mills present unique trade blankets recalling the Babbitt Brothers trading history. The Babbitt brothers came to Flagstaff in 1886 to go into the cattle ranching business and soon established themselves as ranch and mercantile store owners. Some of the first manufactured goods to be available to the Native American tribes of the Southwest were machine-made woolen blankets. These blankets gradually replaced the fine hand-woven wearing garments produced by the Pueblo and Navajo Peoples. Since the late 1890's, Pendleton has produced a vast array of woolen blankets designed for the Native American trade.