Renowned bootmaker Paul Bond passed away in February. He was just 96 years old. He was “just 96” because, by all accounts, his youthful vigor belied his advanced years. Right up to the end of his life, Bond frequented the bootmaking shop he established in 1955 in Nogales, Arizona, to design boots and talk to his customers. Bond was a man who left his bootprint on the heart and soul of the American West. Born into a Texas ranching family in 1915, he grew up riding horses and working cattle
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