After Buck Brannaman got his deserving tribute in the award-winning Buck feature documentary last year, we all thought that Paul Bond should be next on the list. At the time, the 96-year-old was still in the business of making satisfying boots for ranchers and cowboys. His time performing as a rodeo trick rider had actually helped him make his star turn; to impress the audiences, he crafted flashy boots with colorful shafts. He built up his boot business around his rodeo contacts and eventual

January 2013
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- Our Favorite Western Reads of 2012
- Was Wyatt Earp the model for the Peace Officer statue?
- What can you tell me about the badges of the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West lawmen also work as preachers?
- Burns’s Biographer
- Lee Anderson
- Tapped Out!
- True West’s Best Art & Collectibles of 2012
- The First 60 Years of True West Magazine
- Trailing Billy
- Heritage Travel of 2012
- Firearms of 2012
- Our Favorite Western Music of 2012
- True Westerner of 2013
- Western Wear of 2012
- True West’s Best Movies, TV Series & DVDs of 2012
- True West’s Best of the West 2013 Winners
- What was the 1862 Dakota War?