Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen, in 1878. Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission has since expanded to provide more services and is still in use for the homeless population of Philadelphia. Stetson owned a mansion in DeLand where he died in 1906. The over 8,000 ft² structure called John B. Stetson House is a mixture of Gothic, Tudor, and Moorish styles, and is open to the public for tours. Stetson is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. In popular culture In Louis Armstrong`s song "St. Jame´s Infirmary", he says he wants to be buried with a "Stetson hat" (because) "John B. there is". The actor Alan Young, known for his role in the sitcom, Mr. Ed, played Stetson in the 1962 episode "The Hat That Won the West" of the syndicated television series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. The folk song "Stagger Lee", covered by Bob Dylan among others, tells the story of how in a bar-room brawl, "bad man Stagger Lee" shoots Billy Lyons dead for taking Stagger Lee's Stetson Hat. On his sixth album The Road to Ensenada, released in 1996, singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett is pictured on the cover with his Stetson held over his heart, and the opening song is "Don't Touch My Hat." It contains the lyrics "My John B. Stetson / Was my only friend / And we've stuck together / Through many a woman." In the Jimmie Rodgers song, "Mule Skinner Blues", he asks his wife to bring a 'pint of booze and a John B. Stetson hat' back from town. In the 2017 Colter Wall album named after himself, the song titled "Thirteen Silver Dollars", references the Stetson hat in the lines "Well, I got my health, My John B Stetson...." References Further reading Bender, Texan Bix. (1994) Hats & the cowboys who wear them Carlson, Laurie. (1998) Boss of the Plains, the hat that won the West Manns, William. (1997) Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West Reynolds, William and Rich Rand. (1995) The Cowboy Hat book Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865-1970. External links Basic Information Biography-West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site In search of the real cowboy hat, Cowboy Chronicle April 2004 reprint, accessed online April 1, 2009. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12902/john-batterson-stetson American milliners Hat companies Rider apparel Western wear Businesspeople from Philadelphia People from DeLand, Florida People from