John B. Stetson
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John B. Stetson
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John Batterson Stetson was an American hat maker who invented the cowboy hat in the 1860s. He founded the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1865, and it became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the world. The company's hats are now commonly referred to simply as Stetsons. His philanthropy helped fund Temple University and Stetson University, as well as a YMCA and a homeless shelter/soup kitchen in Philadelphia. His mansion, the John B. Stetson House, in DeLand, Flor
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American hat maker (1830–1906)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Stetson
date created:
2004-07-06T21:29:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:46:36Z
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