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 ...