What is it with cowboy boots that makes millions of people all over the world feel at home in a pair? With enduring allure, the boot is one of the great enigmas of modern society. Now, more than 150 years after the cowboys roped the ranges and galloped through the tallgrass and sagebrush, we're simply enamored with what they wore on their feet.

Plain brown and black boots are still the mainstay of cowboy boot making, but the eye-poppin', snake-stompin', spine-chillin' designs created by individual artists are the ones that capture our hearts and imaginations.

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A Cowboy Boot Biography

The Bootmakers

   Ammons Boot Company

   Michael Anthony

   Alan Bell/Bell's Custom Boots

   Blucher Boot Company

   Paul Bond/Paul Bond Boot Company

   Carl Chappell/C.T. Boot Shop

   Stephanie Ferguson Custom Boots

   D. W. Frommer/Frommer Boots

   J. B. Hill Boot Company

   Pablo Jass/Jass Boot Shop

   Blake Jones/Jones Custom Boots

   Eddie Kimmel/Kimmel Boot Company

   James Leddy/Leddy Boot Company

   Liberty Boot Company

   Dave Little/Little's Boots

   Lee Miller/Texas Traditions

   James Morado/Morado Boots

   Bill Niemczyk/Wild Bill's Boots

   Joe Patrickus/J. R's Custom Handmade Boots

   Jack Reed/Jack Reed Boots

   Bo Riddle/Bo Riddle Boots

   Rios of Mercedes Boot Company

   Tex Robin/Tex Robin Boots

   Rocketbuster Boot Company

   Lisa Sorrell/Sorrell Custom Boots

   Stallion Boot Company

   Tres Outlaws Boot Company

   Dave Wheeler/Wheeler Boot Company

So, You Want to Order a Pair of Boots

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