Cowboy boots are pure romance, even if they’re covered in barn muck or horse manure. Designed to be totally functional, boots are also the one type of footgear that adds flattering height while making an individual statement that can be as wild as you want. Back in the 1800s, boots were typically made on a single, straight last. Prolonged wearing molded the leather to the shape of the wearer’s foot. Making a right and left boot wasn’t done until after the Civil War. The boot’s under

June 2004
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- In a Land of Extremes
- Cowboy Up America
- The Buffalo Hunt
- Beyond Custer Hill
- If Johnny Ringo had participated in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, what do you think the outcome would have been?
- My favorite license plate is Wyoming’s. Can you tell me about its bucking horse logo?
- Are there real bodies buried in Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill? I’ve heard the markers are fake.
- Down to the Last Moccasin
- Phippen Art Museum
- Long-Guns of the Gunfighters
- One Handsome Gun
- Forging a Road to Zion
- Texas True
- Ruxton’s Trading Post
- In the Eye of the Beholder
- Boot Scootin’ Boogie
- Donaldina Cameron
- Bombs Over Texas