Nice try, but RONG!
When Stetson was out there in Colorado panning for gold, he made that hat and then sold it to a cowboy for a five-dollar gold piece in - wait for it... Central City Colorado. - LOL
Then he went back east and in 1865 where he started his hat manufacturing business. I wonder if he used that five-dollar gold piece to bankroll that startup. - LOL
It is now apparent that the only one of us doing any "verification" before he types, is me. Then, when I'm asked for verification after I have asked the other poster to look it up himself, I find I still have to verify it for him. Hm, is there a capability issue there?
If that's not bad enough the other poster try's telling me I'm still Rong, so I now have to lay out the history of what occurred which shows that Stetson was out panning for gold when he made the hat to showoff to his mining buddies that he could make a hat using fur pelt as opposed to cloth. It was an ugly hat, but he found the wide brim very practical and ended up liking that hat a lot.
Football anyone? - LOL