Over the past century and a half, Levi’s jeans have become a favorite of miners ... as well as Europeans before them. In 1873, a tailor named Jacob Davis contacted Levi Strauss, a San Francisco dry ...

Ever notice those tiny copper buttons all over your jeans and wonder what they are ... Jacob Davis — a Nevada tailor — sent a letter to Levi Strauss in 1872. Davis had been purchasing fabric ...