How to Make a Coonskin Hat Turn a raccoon hide into a warm and hardy hat. By Dennis Biswell | Published on September 19, 2017. Email Print Facebook. Pinterest X. by Matthew T. Stallbaumer.

When making a coonskin cap, use a large skin, free of blemishes and bald spots, with a tail that is full and well marked. Cut the pattern out of a heavy grocery bag, baste it together, and check ...

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. — Heavy hangs the coonskin cap. It’s been almost 50 years since Fess Parker donned the fuzzy headgear that launched the first blockbuster cultural phenomenon of the baby ...

When people think of costumes, they tend to think of elaborate, old-fashioned gowns, like the ones in Victorian novel adaptations. Sometimes, however, a fictional character's most significant piece of ...

This article was corrected on Nov. 8, 2002. Disney is ready to renew its battle cry for “The Alamo.” The studio has begun negotiations with Billy Bob Thornton to play the role of Davy Crockett ...

At the height of their popularity in the 1950s, children's coonskin caps like this one from the Smithsonian collections, sold at the rate of 5,000 per day. NMAH In a culture obsessed with novelty ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As a self-confessed coonskin-cap-wearer (tail snapped on), we ...

Humans Were Making Tools From Whale Bones 20,000 Years Ago, ... I’ve heard of a coonskin cap, but this is ridiculous: A whale-watcher recently spotted an orca donning a dead salmon as a hat.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Many of us use the summer to play golf and improve our swing. There's a new 9-hole course at Coonskin Park that allows golfers to work on the short game.. Kanawha ...

Weirton, W.Va. (WTRF) – Four WVU students aiming to become the 71st Mountaineer mascot donned buckskins, a coonskin cap and ...