Chris Christmas, a fourth-generation Black cowboy with Native American roots, considers the cowboy hat to be an indispensable part of his heritage. “I think I was born with a cowboy hat,” said the ...

NORRIS, Mont. – Larry Shore is part barber, part bartender and all cowboy. Saunter up to his “hat bar,” and he’ll spruce up what you’ve got on your head – as long as it’s made of felt or straw. If you ...

Brook Parrish is a head shaper, a hat blocker and a rim crimper. But to his wife, Beth, he's an artist whose clenched fingers crease the crown of a new cowboy hat or roll its side rims upward. "I ...