"That's the great part about Stetson. We are 100% made in America on our felt hats," he told ABC News. "The felting process starts in Longview, Texas. ... Then we ship that raw body to Garland.

Hatco has put a Stetson on everyone from US presidents to the pope to U2’s Bono. The factory turns out around a million straw and felt ... their hats include the Texas Rangers and the Royal ...

The new piece is the Regal 10X Straw cowboy hat, a summery take on Mars’ first Stetson hat, the fur-felt Regal 6X. The Regal 10X Straw hat will be available on June 5 at 11 a.m. at Stetson.com ...

It was the creation of John B Stetson, born in 1830 to a hat maker in New Jersey. His failing lungs drove him west to the mountains of Colorado. There, he used his knowledge of hats to make felt ...