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 ...

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies, many of whom serve rural parts of eastern Colorado, are donning Western cowboy hats as a new part of their uniforms — a nod to the county’s history ...

Noted journalist, bon vivant, and Old West authority Lucius Beebe even once deemed the bowler “the hat that won the West.” In those early days, hats were worn by cowboys for varying purposes.

Rapper Lil Nas X dons a cowboy hat and Western wear in the video of “Old Town Road,” melding pop and country into a chart-topping hit.

Lots of people played cowboys and Indians growing up, CJ Landers of Elkview certainly did, but it was watching Gunsmoke and westerns with his dad that embedded ...

According to UMT, traditional style includes a Western shirt, blue jeans covered by chinks, Western boots and a cowboy hat. Women are encouraged to wear dresses in 1800s style.