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A beaver hat is a hat made from felted beaver fur. They were fashionable across much of Europe during the period 1550–1850 because the soft yet resilient material could be easily combed to make a variety of hat shapes (including the familiar top hat). [1] Smaller hats made of beaver were sometimes called beaverkins, [2] as in Thomas Carlyle's ...
Harold Innis begins The Fur Trade in Canada with a brief chapter on the beaver which became a much desired fur due to the popularity of the beaver hat in European society. [1] He remarks that it is impossible to understand the developments of the fur trade, or of Canadian history, without some knowledge of the beaver's life and habits. [4]
For years Stetson worried about the waterproofing and finally decided to make his hat of beaver felt. [5] It took about 42 beaver belly pelts to produce a high-quality hat. [6] One story tells of a cowboy crossing a long dry stretch of prairie. His canteen sprang a leak. He saved the drinking water by carrying it in his Stetson. [7]
The purchase price was 30 pounds plus two beaver hats made by his son, also called Tristram. Coffin was the prime mover of the enterprise and was given first choice of land. In 1659 he settled near the western end of the island near Capaum pond. [6] His sons Peter Coffin, Tristram Coffin Junior and James Coffin also received land on the island ...
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Jim Baker (1818–1898), known as "Honest Jim Baker", [1] was a frontiersman, trapper, hunter, army scout, interpreter, and rancher. He was first a trapper and hunter. The decline of the fur trade in the early 1840s drove many trappers to quit, but Baker remained in the business until 1855.
Richard Petty’s signature cowboy hat has been an iconic symbol of NASCAR for decades. NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday unveiled the first of 28 unique statues featuring ...
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