008 - The Beaver Hat
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English - November 04, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEducation for Kids Kids & Family History adirondack history new york state children classroom teaching social studies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For over hundreds of years, beaver hats were a fashion trend among men. But, in order to make those hats, people needed the fur from a beaver. At one time, the Adirondacks provided the world with many of the beaver pelts needed to make beaver hats. Find out the effects this had on the beaver population in the Adirondacks and what the hat making process involved.