The hat style called the Tom Mix goes in and out of fashion, but it has been guaranteed to raise a smile for most of the last century. The Tom Mix hat, with its center crease and side pinches, is easy to spot today because so many cowboys and Westerners wear it. In some circles, it’s known as the Gus, in honor of Robert Duvall’s character in the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove. Manny Gammage of Texas Hatters made the original Gus hat worn by Robert Duvall. Gammage describes it as having a â€

September 2005
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
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- Waist Deep in the Blues
- Splashing the (Drink) Pot
- Medicine River Trading Company
- Following Butch and Sundance
- Forgotten Trail of Texas Jack Omohundro
- Appearances Deceive
- Tom Mix or Lonesome Gus?
- Supermen and Women, Not Pygmies
- Anchored in the Land
- I’d like to learn more about outlaw One-Eye Billy Moore, who may be a distant relative of mine.
- Behind the Eight Ball
- In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer?
- Can you tell me why stagecoaches are always painted red with yellow wheels and frames in the movies and on TV shows?
- Who was the soldier known to the Indians as Bad Hand?
- Deseret Saddlery