Bootmaker
Richard Salazar
Richard Salazar worked as a bootmaker at Maida's Blackjack Boot Company in Houston from 1977 onward, alongside owner Sal Maida Jr. A 2002 Texas Monthly profile placed the shop at 3948 Westheimer Boulevard, known for upscale boots made for cowboy balls. No birth year or earlier shop was documented.
Known for
Bootmaker at Maida's Blackjack Boot Company since 1977
Related: Maida's · Salvador J. Maida Jr.
Biography
History
Richard Salazar was a bootmaker at Maida’s Blackjack Boot Company in Houston, Texas. Joe Nick Patoski’s June 2002 Texas Monthly list reports that since 1977 the shop’s work had fallen to Salvador J. Maida Jr. and bootmaker Richard Salazar, specializing in upscale boots for cowboy balls. No birth year, death year, or earlier shop survives for Salazar.
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Encyclopedia references: CowboyBootsDB and maker archives linked where available. Historical dates and attributions can vary by source.