The fur trade brought newcomers to the Canadian North-West in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The English and then the French were here to secure beaver skins for the European hat-making ...

PENDLETON, Ore. – In some parts of the country, a man can be judged by the cut of his suit or his designer tie. Here, in a town known for its rodeo culture, men size each other up by the quality of ...

To get in on the hat trick this season there are plenty of haberdashers of all kinds in the borough — from those that carry the finest beaver fur hats to shops that stock the hippest of headpieces. A ...

Samantha Youngren couldn't help slipping her hands into a pair of pure white polar fox mitts Wednesday night at the Duluth Boat, Sports, Travel and RV Show. Next, she and her husband, Alex, had to ...

“Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America” (W.W. Norton & Co., $29.95), by Eric Jay Dolin. Beavers are big rodents – some over 39 inches long – with floppy tails, teeth ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Flint and Port Hat Company is a one-craftsman custom-hat shop in Bainbridge, Georgia. The hats are made by hand by owner and milliner Eldrick Jacobs and take up to four ...