Stetson biography
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About John B. Stetson
John B. Stetson was one of 12 children of Stephen and Susan Batterson Stetson. He was born in in Orange, New Jersey.
Stetson biography
His father was a hatter and John left school early to learn the hatter's trade. He soon became ill and went to Colorado looking for gold until his health improved. While in the West he was impressed with the Mexican Vaqueros galon sombreros and he created his own waterproof version.
In later years the manufacture of "The Boss of the Plains," as he called this version, was his signature hat.
John stetson biography
The hat not only provided climate protection for the cowboy, it even allowed him to offer water to his horse from it!
Young John returned East in , settled in Philadelphia and opened a hat repair business in a one-room shop on the north-east corner of 7th and Callowhill Streets.
In a short time his talent for trimming led him to manufacturing hats. Insisting on a policy of "none but that of sterling quality," his business improved so rapidly that he needed l