HATS WITH HISTORY

[Mighty44]

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This hat used to belong to this gentleman,
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Mr. Wulsin was once the CEO of the Baldwin Piano Co. and a member of what some consider the most powerful equestrian organisation in the world, Rancheros Visitadores. You can see more of the hat and others here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/rancheros-visitadores-1951-w-graphics-by-joe-de-yong.62898/

There’s quite a bit of info available on Mr. Wulsin. He lived a long and colorful life. Couldn’t play the piano, though.

Beautiful hat.

 

[Bamaboots]

Beautiful hat.

Thank, David.

 

[Thundercolt]

Vintage Cow-Boy Hat from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

 

[Thundercolt]

Memorial Day 1920 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[Hurricane Jack]

There are several descendants of the Younger family around these parts but no one knows where one of the last hats Cole wore before his passing might be.

 

[BobHufford]

There are several descendants of the Younger family around these parts but no one knows where one of the last hats Cole wore before his passing might be.

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I remember going to a family reunion at Roscoe, Missouri in the 1980s and at the old family place (my wife’s great-grandparents) we were shown an old wagon in the barn with “C. Younger” painted on the side. There was some dispute between my wife’s grandfather and a sibling over who should have been the caretaker of that wagon — Grandpa didn’t end up with it.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I remember going to a family reunion at Roscoe, Missouri in the 1980s and at the old family place (my wife’s great-grandparents) we were shown an old wagon in the barn with “C. Younger” painted on the side. There was some dispute between my wife’s grandfather and a sibling over who should have been the caretaker of that wagon — Grandpa didn’t end up with it.

Big family, the Youngers owned property outside Roscoe closer to Monegaw Springs. They were well known & respected around Osceola. Respect only grew after federal troops burned Osceola to the ground, & John Younger was killed by the Pinkertons nearby later. Hard to know who the wagon might have belonged to.

There was a dancehall at Monegaw Springs that stood until the 1970’s. Rumor was that Cole buried the Younger’s share of the AR stagecoach robbery there on their way back north. Lots of treasure hunters have searched the area ever since.

 

[RickP]

In case there are any archers here, I found pictures from an old auction for Fred Bears' Borsalino ( sold for $1700 in 2017). Now on permanant display at the Pope and young museum. Way back in the early 70s, I got my first fedora just so I could look like him