Texans were known for their preference for the "Ten Gallon" model. According to Win Blevins' "Dictionary of the American West" (p388), the term "ten-gallon" has nothing to do with the hat's liquid capacity, but derives from the Spanish word "galón" (braid), ten indicating the number of braids used as a hat band. However, an early Stetson advertising image, a painting of a cowboy dipping his hat into a stream to provide water for his horse, symbolized the cowboy hat as an essential part of a stockman’s gear and was later featured inside every western style hat.