In the movie Tombstone, Wyatt steps off the train wearing square-toed boots. Aren’t those a 1970’s invention?

In the movie Tombstone, Wyatt steps off the train wearing square-toed boots. Aren’t those a 1970’s invention? Stephen Grady Cleburne, Texas Nope, old-time boots usually featured square or round toes. Civil War boots worn by cowboys had flat heels and round toes. These boots gave way to the cavalry boot with higher heels and a reinforced arch. During the 1870s, toes became more pointed and “mule ear” flaps were added at the tops of boots to aid the wearer in pulling on the boots. These b