This month’s afternoon book discussion will be at 2 p.m. in the Powell Library. The group will be discussing “The Cowboy Girl: The life of Carolyn Lockhart” by John Clayton. Please …
NEW LONDON Asked to approve a bond to buy property for a new police station, a bigger-than-usual crowd at New London’s Town Meeting stuffed the ballot boxes with mostly “no” votes.The station has been housed in Whipple Hall since 1918. The town’s.
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John B. Stetson came west as a young man. He was the son of a successful hatter. In the West, he recognized the need for a felt hat with a wide brim to keep off rain and sun. His famous Boss of the Plains hat became widely popular and he was forever associated with the figure of the western cowboy.
Mary Robinson, the director of the McCracken Research Library, said Stetson soon become associated with good advertising as a symbol of the cowboy. This is very clearly seen by a book published in 1925 by John B. Stetson company, The Stetson Hat In Literature.