I had yet another interesting and confusing, for the other person, conversation today with someone who called themselves a "traditionalist" - all the while conflating Hollywood myth with historical fact. This article from Ripley's Believe It Or Not speaks to the fact that the Cowboy Hat did not, in fact, win the West... In fact, most of the famous events, encounters, and shoot-outs involving famous Wild-West outlaws and lawmen - which many people, in their minds' eyes, typically picture wearing black and white cowboy hats - actually took place years before John Stetson invented what became known as the Cowboy Hat. Hollywood virtually erased the actual hat that won the West from the minds of many, for one simple reason: Hollywood wanted viewers to instantly know whether a character was a city-goer or a cowboy. This, of course, is in spite of the fact that - in real life, in the actual West - there was no real difference. Hollywood also used a similar, completely mythical, hat trope to allow viewers to instantly distinguish between the good guy and the bad guy - by way of the color of their hat. So, if you want to truthfully be a traditionalist and sport the hat that actually won the West, you should probably pick yourself up a Bowler...

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