C.H. Hyer · Identification & Dating

Taxonomy (historic house ≠ Olathe ≠ modern HYER)

C.H. Hyer / C.H. Hyer & Sons (historic Olathe house — this page).
1977 sale → Ben Miller (El Paso) → Hyer name afterlife.
Parallel local: Olathe Boot Company (former workers / later Mercedes handmade in the Rios-family ecosystem — not the same corporation).
Modern HYER (2023 relaunch) — heritage marketing, separate SKU world. A 2024 “HYER” retail pair is not a 1910 Hyer.
Who was Charles H. Hyer? Mail-order chart? Olathe factory? → this page. Modern Olathe / Rios-family bridge? → Olathe card.

Problem: remote ranch customers cannot visit Olathe.
Solution: self-measure / chart → mail-order custom.
Pairs to H.J. Justin measuring-kit culture and Blucher fitting books — industry ID, not proof that every vintage Hyer was chart-ordered.
Reproduce historic charts only with archive permission.

“First modern cowboy boot” is historiographic credit — keep attributed.
Exact shop-open year 1874 vs 1875 vs 1880.
The illustration is credited to the HYER Boots archive; that credit alone does not date the image.
Celebrity footwear lists — a client name alone cannot authenticate a pair.

Maker-specific markings guidance has not been documented yet. Preserve the complete stamp and compare it against dated sources.