Amma ta hanyar, al'adar Jack-o'-o'umar ta riga ta sha tushe a sabuwar duniya, tana nuna a farkon littattafan Amurka da kafofin watsa labarai. Marubuci Nathaniel Hawthne wanda aka ambata daya a cikin gajeren labari "Babban Carbuncle," da sake a cikin 1852 tare da "fakkyatawa tare da fasasshen kabewa. A cewar cindy ott, marubucinSuman: Tarihin Abokin Aljani na Amurka,Hoto na farko na kabewa jack-o'-lantsning wata ila watakila wanda ya bayyana a cikin fitowar 1867 naMakarantar Harper.Guy jima'i Doll

Washington Irving's "labari na bacci mai barci," in ji an buga shi a cikin 1820 kuma ya sake shi a cikin 1858, ya ba da kabewa cikin al'adun Amurka kamar ba a da. A takaice labarin labarin, Horangeless Horsem na Chucks wani kabewa ne wanda ba shi da cikakken kamuwa da Ikhohood a cikin crane, wanda ba a taɓa ganin sake gani ba. Amma mafi yawan hotuna na firgita Villalalain ya nuna shi yana rike da mai rauni jack-o'-lastern, wanda ya taimaka labarin ya zama perennia Halloween Dollial

"Logenan labarin an dauki wani labarin Halloween, wataƙila saboda wannan shine mafi sanannen labaran tarihi na farko," in ji darektan jama'a na bacci da kwanciyar hankali. "Suman kabewa ya danganta da wannan kashi na tsoro, kuma shi ya sa Jack-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'-o'ar ya fito, domin yana tare da gallaping Hasssian ga soja [soja mai rauni, duk abin da kake so ka kira shi."

A cikin 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20, ƙarfafawar Irish, waɗanda suka kawo al'adunsu da na Jack-ots a Amurka. Sun gano cewa pumpkins, ba a asalinsu ba ne ga Ireland ba amma gama gari a Arewacin Amurka, sun fi dacewa da sassaka fiye da turnips ko dankali.

Yayinda yawancin Amurkawa suka fara yin bikin Halloween, Jack-O'-Lanterner ya fito a matsayin mafi kyawun hotonta. Bita a cikinKundin Tsarin Mulki na Atlantaya bayyana 1892 "Dukkanin Halloween" a gidan Atlanta magajin garin Atlanta William Heemphill da kayan kwalliyar Atlunta sun ba da su da pumpkins, wanda aka yi wa 'yan wasa mai haske da aka yi da fuskoki. "IrtEch jima'i

Goys da aka sassaka sun zo don yin aiki da kayan ado na kawai. Duk da yawancin masu son kallo, abubuwan da suka faru da jack-o'-lands yanzu suna nuna ma'anar rashin kulawa da al'umma. "A Halloween, ba za ku hau zuwa gidan wani ba sai dai idan suna da jack-o'-luntern," otg ta ce. "Labari ne game da sarkin al'umma, yana aiwatar da dabi'u masu kyau, makwabta. Suman kabewa da jakar-o'-lunting dauki akan waɗannan ma'adinan, ma."