A study has found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat — for years a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum — ever actually belonged to the 16th U.S ...

A new study has found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat — for years a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum — ever actually belonged to the 16th U.S. presi… ...

The underwool from the beaver pelts was used to make the beaver hat. The fur trade was based on the barter system and in the late 1700s a blanket was worth seven prime beaver pelts, a gun cost 14 ...

FAIRBANKS — Using an X-ACTO knife, Ignatius Runfola cuts into a beaver skin pelt, carefully following a pattern for the ear-panel of a beaver skin hat, also known as a trooper hat. “This is ...