It's a true classic as synonymous with the American West as cowboys and country music. In it's heyday it graced the heads of Hollywood stars such as John Wayne and Steve McQueen, not to mention being ...

Jon Wolfe owes his success to his hat. New to the national country music scene, Wolfe is in recording his first album, which is getting offers from major labels, after winning a battle of the bands ...

The company's factory in Garland, Texas, employs more than 200 workers. Stetson hats are an American classic like baseball, apple pie and fireworks on the Fourth of July. The company was founded by ...

Note: This story has been updated to correct G. Henry Stetson's role with the John B. Stetson Company following his father's death, and the company that manufactures Stetson hats. DELAND − Long before ...

In 1860, an ailing East Coast hat maker named John Batterson Stetson headed west to mine for gold. He didn’t strike it rich, but he ended up with something much more valuable: the design for the first ...