[DOC] [TLE] Stetson - Wikipedia [PAR] Stetson is a brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company. 
Founded in 1865, John B. Stetson Company began when the founder headed 
west and created the original hat of the West, the Boss of the Plains. This 
Western hat would become the cornerstone of Stetson's hat business ... Stetson 
eventually became the world's largest hat maker, producing more... [DOC] [TLE] Cowboy hat - Wikipedia [PAR] The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining 
piece of attire for the North American cowboy. ... People moving West wore many 
styles of hat, including top hats, derbies, remains of Civil War ... The original "
Boss of the Plains", manufactured by Stetson in 1865, was flat-brimmed, had a... [DOC] [TLE] Hat History - Hatbox: A Modern Haberdashery [PAR] Apr 30, 2011 ... A painting on the wall shows a man wearing a coolie straw hat. ... 1865 AD - John 
B. Stetson begins selling his "Boss of the Plains" hat, the ... During the Revolution
, as "class" definition was fought against, the top hat became a symbol of ... 
popularity for almost a century, shows no signs of going out of style. [DOC] [TLE] JEOPARDY! Game - March 3, 2004 [PAR] (14) Starting out in 1865, this man famous for his cowboy hats became the 
leading hatmaker in the U.S.. $800 - John. (9) Per the Alabama Code, section... [DOC] [TLE] The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Stetson [PAR] When we think of the American West, we think of vast plains, towering ... He 
began his first hat business in Philadelphia in 1865, where he eventually ... In 
creating the first cowboy hat, John B. Stetson has made his mark on Western 
iconography. ... John B. Stetson, an Eastern hat maker, would go on to make the 
West's most... [DOC] [TLE] What's the Deal With Those Hats, Huston?-Publius Forum  Publius Forum [PAR] Jan 1, 2011 ... One of the reasons you found us, though, is because information on hats is not ... 
First of all fedoras are a man's hat  not that women shouldn't wear one ... On top 
of that every hat maker from back in the day is long, long out of ... Soon he 
became famous for his wide brimmed, western-styled cowboy hats. [DOC] [TLE] What Hats Tell Us About American Men : NPR History Dept. : NPR [PAR] Jul 17, 2015 ... A brief and incomplete study of men's hats in American history  and ... In fact, 
the National American History Museum points out in its intro to an ... Think about 
it: George Washington and his tricorn; Abraham Lincoln and his stovepipe. ... 
Near the end of the 1800s, a hat-maker in New York City revealed the... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline | Stetson [PAR] His father, Stephen Stetson was a successful hatter who ran the No Name Hat ... 
John B. headed west to recover from tuberculosis, which he developed as a 
young man. ... This was the original Boss of the Plains; a Western hat that would 
become ... back East to start a hat manufacturing companythe only trade he 
knew. [DOC] [TLE] How Illness Created the Cowboy Hat - J. Mark Powell [PAR] Jul 17, 2016 ... John B. Stetson Hat Company cowboy Tuberculosis Civil war St. ... Difficult as 
that diagnosis was to hear, it was doubly hard for a young man. ... With his lungs 
giving out and his strength weakening, John did ... hat maker in New Jersey, a 
trade he had learned at his father's side. .... START READING NOW! [DOC] [TLE] John B. Stetson - Stetson University [PAR] John B. Stetson led the hat industry his entire career by designing new hat ... 
return east at age 35 to start his hat business that would soon expand to include 
both men's ... The image of the crazed hat maker, or mad hatter, is often 
attributed to the ... big westerns, along with the famous characters of

Question: Starting out in 1865, this man famous for his cowboy hats became the leading hatmaker in the U.S.
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