'It's the Stetson name': The success story behind the classic American cowboy hat

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'It's the Stetson name': The success story behind the classic American cowboy hat
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Stetson hats are an American classic like baseball, apple pie and fireworks on the Fourth of July.

The company was founded by John B. Stetson in 1865 during the Gold Rush.

The company's factory in Garland, Texas, employs more than 200 workers and makes roughly one million felt and straw hats every year. Justin Thomason, a quality control manager for nearly 10 years, said that about 100 sets of hands went into not only making but shaping each hat.

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