Here are the winners of our "2007 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pick made the list.   Best Living Bootmaker Paul Bond The year 2006 marked Paul Bond’s 60th year in the bootmaking business. Before that, he rodeoed in the 1930s and ’40s. Before that, he broke horses for the cavalry as a kid in New Mexico. A member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame, the 91-year-old Bond keeps getting better at making wearable, functional art. Sure, celebrities from Paul Newman to Dwight Yoakum ra


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