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<title>Who is J.B. Flint?&nbsp; Rugged Fashion from the Flint HIlls</title>
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<td width="306" height="174" bgcolor="#E7E6BE"><u><strong><big>Who's J.B. Flint?</big></strong></u><p>Nothing
lasts around here if it's not made well. Not clothing. Not equipment. Not gear. Not the
people who use it.<br>
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In 1927, <a href="http://www.jimbells.com" target="_top">Jim Bell &amp; Son, Inc</a>.
began selling well-made goods in downtown <a href="http://www.cottonwoodfalls.com" target="_top">Cottonwood Falls, Kansas</a>, population 900, the county seat of Chase
County, Kansas, population 2900. </p>
<p>Protected from cultivation by the rough and rocky terrain, five indigenous grasses grow
in the hills surrounding <a href="http://www.cottonwoodfalls.com" target="_top">Cottonwood
Falls</a>, and those native grasses may very well constitute the most prolific source of
vegetable protein in the world. Ranching is the basis of Chase County's economy, and the
cowboy way informs a rural lifestyle that measures integrity and sturdiness above all
other virtues. <br>
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This is no town in which to challenge a customer's notion of long-term value.<br>
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For 70 years <a href="http://www.jimbells.com" target="_top">Jim Bell's store</a> has
furnished useful merchandise to people who go to the office only after the day's work is
done. Jim knew craftsmanship by heart. He understood toughness on sight. Jim lived on this
prairie, and he found there enough history, beauty, and deep-down freshness to build a
life and a business on it.<br>
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My name is Flint. I'm not Jim Bell, but I know what he saw here, in these hills, breathing
this air, under a sky that too many of you have never known. You're<br>
welcome anytime in Chase County. <a href="http://www.cottonwoodfalls.com">Well-made Chase
County, Kansas.</a></td>
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