Beginning as traditional Native American headgear, coonskin caps became associated with American and Canadian frontiersmen of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Coonskin caps were originally a traditional Native American article of clothing, but when European pioneers began settling the Tennessee and Kentucky areas,
they made it their own, evolving its use and wearing them as hunting caps.

The coonskin cap eventually became a part of the iconic image associated with American frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.
Boone did not actually wear coonskin caps, which he disliked, and instead wore felt hats. It's said that explorer Meriwether Lewis wore a coonskin cap
during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but that can;t be confirmed as there were no records of how they dressed or what they wore in their journals.
Today we remember these great men and their legacy and contribution to American history every time we see a coonskin cap.