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 ...

It felt like how the fur ... beaver. Those air bubbles, a moment locked in ice, were its final breath. “That’s what we call a superblanket,” said Mackowski. “That’s a nice beaver.” The ...

Also, the insatiable fur trade demand in Europe and the East Coast drew men West, especially for beaver pelts. Wiped out in Europe, beaver skins were popular as hats and commanded high prices.