HOUSTON – Welcome to Made in Texas, where we write about products made in the Lone Star State. Today, we’re featuring the accessory that became a staple of American cowboys over 150 years ago, the ...

An excerpt from a new book explores how the archetypal Western hat got its start in Hollywood—and why it endured.

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 ...

On the occasion of its book launch with Rizzoli, one writer visited Stetson’s Texas factory to view the process first-hand.

Ten-gallon cowboy hat inventor John B. Stetson Co. says a distributor is trying to pilfer the rights to sell the head covering of choice for the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and John Wayne. The 157-year ...

Folks all around the country, even those who aren’t hat connoisseurs know the brand. But you may not know the backstory. The Southern Weekend stopped by the Stetson factory in Garland, Texas to see ...

Iconic Stetson Worldwide, the feisty remainder of a classic hat empire begun in 1865, now is inserting itself into fashion and contemporary urban culture marking their 150th anniversary. Now lead by ...

Q: I’ve been wearing a Stetson Open Road hat for at least fifteen years now, but recently it’s just been hanging on a hook inside my front door. I hardly ever wear it these days. The reason is that ...

The Stetson Hatters bring one of the most unusual mascot names in college sports to the NCAA men's tournament. In a field with Peacocks, Zips, Lopes and, uh, Beach, that's an accomplishment. And, yes, ...

The iconic Stetson hat, long a part of Texas law enforcement lore, is returning to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office after a two-decade ban. Citing requests from deputies after she took office Jan. 1, ...