Bootmaker
Charles Ross
Charles Ross runs Western Leather Craft Boot Co. and Ross Boots in Amarillo, Texas, with his brother Bob, continuing a bootmaking business their parents built. The brothers have made boots for graduating seniors at Boys Ranch High School for years and are training a son-in-law to carry the trade forward.
Known for
Western Leather Craft Boot Co.; longtime Boys Ranch High School boots
Related: Western Leather Craft · D.V. Ross · Bob Ross
Biography
History
Charles Ross is an Amarillo bootmaker who, together with his brother Bob Ross, runs Western Leather Craft Boot Co. and Ross Boots, a family business their grandfather D.V. Ross is credited with starting after World War I. The brothers grew up making boots, and for years they made the boots worn by graduating seniors at Boys Ranch High School.
Their parents, Charlie and Neldehn Ross, had run the shop before them — Charles is not to be confused with his father, Charlie. As of a 2025 profile the brothers were training the next generation: Charles jokes that the business was fun until his son-in-law, Phil Baldner, who married into the family, got involved. No birth or death year for Charles has surfaced.
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