Boot Manufacturers & Bootmakers

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Boot Manufacturers

Companies, brands, and shops. Explore their history and documented boots.

AbileneSomerset, Pennsylvania Acme BootsClarksville / Ashland City, Tennessee Anderson BeanMercedes, Texas ArdittiEl Paso, Texas AriatCalifornia Austin-Hall Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas Back at the RanchSanta Fe, New Mexico; boots made in El Paso, Texas Beck BootsDalhart → Amarillo, Texas Ben Miller Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas Black Jack Boots (Guerra)El Paso, Texas Blucher Custom Boot CompanyBeggs, Oklahoma today Bohne’s Boot ShopCuero, Texas Botas JacaLeón, Guanajuato, Mexico Brown’s Boot and Saddle ShopLubbock, Texas Calzados HerceValverde del Camino, Huelva, Spain Capitol SaddleryAustin, Texas Champion Boot Co.El Paso, Texas ChippewaChippewa Falls, Wisconsin; later Sarcoxie, Missouri ChisosAustin, Texas (made in Guanajuato, Mexico)CITY BootsTexas (Fort Worth, Houston, Austin showrooms); handmade in Mexico CorralMcAllen / Edinburg, Texas; León, Mexico manufacture reported CowtownEl Paso, Texas CuadraLeón, Mexico CulmenValverde del Camino, Spain Cutter Bill Western WorldTexas Dakota BootsValverde del Camino, Spain Dan PostTennessee DingoClarksville, Tennessee (Acme era); Greater Nashville, Tennessee (Dan Post today)Double-H BootsRichland, Pennsylvania DurangoLocation not documented El CaneloLeón, Guanajuato El GeneralLos Angeles wholesale; Guanajuato make Fenoglio Boot CompanyNocona, Texas FerriniCarrollton (Dallas area), Texas; made in León, Mexico FryeMarlborough, Massachusetts; later made in other U.S. plants, Mexico and China HamleyPendleton, Oregon Hondo BootsEl Paso, Texas (office); Mexico (workshop)Horse PowerGuanajuato, Mexico; brand mail address Mercedes, Texas Hyer Boot CompanyOlathe, Kansas Industria Valverdeña, S.A.Valverde del Camino, Huelva, Spain J.B. Hill Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas J.D.L. Arroyo y CíaValverde del Camino, Huelva, Spain Joe HallEl Paso, Texas Justin BootsSpanish Fort → Nocona → Fort Worth, Texas King ExoticParamount, California; Mexico manufacture reported KirkendallOmaha, Nebraska L. M. Easterling Custom Boot CompanyFredericksburg, Texas (shop); El Paso, Texas (workshop)LaGrange LeatherBristol, Virginia (retail); León, Mexico (documented western styles)LaneArlington, Texas; factory in León, Mexico LaredoLocation not documented Larry MahanEl Paso production; namesake rodeo champion Liberty BlackLeón, Guanajuato (Caborca Group)Liberty Boot CompanyLeón, Guanajuato (Caborca Group)Little's Boot CompanySan Antonio, Texas Los Altos BootsParamount, California HQ; León manufacture reported LuccheseSan Antonio → El Paso, Texas Luskey’s / Ryon’sFort Worth Stockyards 2601 N Main M.L. LeddyBrady → San Angelo, Texas Macie BeanGuanajuato, Mexico; brand mail address Mercedes, Texas MayuraValverde del Camino (Huelva), Spain Mercedes Boot CompanyMercedes, Texas (founded); Fort Worth, then Terrell, Texas Mingo Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas Miron CrosbyDallas, Texas (boots built in Mercedes, Texas)NoconaNocona, Texas Olathe Boot Companyhandmade in Mercedes, Texas (Western Leather Goods since 2001)Old GringoLeón, Mexico; later Fort Worth HQ Olsen-StelzerHenrietta, Texas Palace Boot ShopHouston, Texas Panhandle SlimFort Worth, Texas (Westmoor)Pinto RanchHouston, Texas Ponder Boot CompanyFort Worth, Texas (also Ponder, Texas by appointment)R. WatsonCrowley / Cleburne, Texas (office); León, Guanajuato (production)Rio Grande BootsLeón, Guanajuato, Mexico Rios of MercedesMercedes, Texas RocketbusterEl Paso, Texas RujoTexas SanchoAlmansa → Valverde del Camino, Spain SendraAlmansa, Spain Soto BootsChicago, Illinois; boots made in León, Guanajuato, Mexico Stallion Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas StarnesSold through San Francisco Visalia catalogs TecovasAustin, Texas Texas Boot CompanyLebanon, Tennessee Texas TraditionsAustin, Texas The SandersEl Paso, Texas (USPTO seat); Mexico-made pairs common Tony LamaEl Paso, Texas Tony Lama Signature SeriesEl Paso Tony Lama tradition Tony MoraAlaró, Mallorca, Spain Visalia Stock Saddle Co.Visalia → San Francisco, California WranglerNashville, Tennessee; brand owned by Blue Bell of Greensboro, North Carolina Yippee Ki YayLeón, Mexico

Bootmakers

Individual craftspeople. Explore their lives, training, and work.

Abraham RiosRaymondville, Texas Al FranklinMineola, Texas Alan BellAbilene, Texas Alberto “Gordo” LozanoAustin, Texas Aldolfo RomeroLeón, Mexico Alfred ReynoldsWickenburg, Arizona Alvaro RiveraHouston, Texas Andrés SendraAlmansa, Albacete, Spain Annie JustinSpanish Fort → Nocona, Texas Antonio LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas Antonio SanchezMercedes, Texas Arch BairdSan Angelo, Texas Armando Duarte RiosRaymondville, Texas Armando Rios Jr.Raymondville, Texas Avis JustinNocona, then Fort Worth, Texas Bearl BeckDalhart → Amarillo, Texas Ben LittleSan Antonio, Texas Blake JonesHarper, Texas Bo LockhartGuthrie, Oklahoma Bo RiddleNashville, Tennessee; later Missouri Bob RossAmarillo, Texas Brian C. ThomasAbilene, Texas Buck SteinerAustin, Texas C. A. HyerOlathe, Kansas C. C. McGuffinCarrizozo or Roswell, New Mexico C. W. “Tooter” CannonDickens County (Afton), Texas C.H. HyerOlathe, Kansas CabootsEl Paso, Texas Carl ChappellSt. Jo, Texas Carl OlsenNocona → Henrietta, Texas Carlos Hernandez Jr.Austin, Texas Carlos QuirozAmarillo, Texas Carman AllenFort Worth, Texas Carrlyn MillerAustin, Texas Carson LeverettAmarillo, Texas Charles RossAmarillo, Texas Charlie DunnAustin, Texas Charlotte MarshallAustin, Texas Clyde VasquezSan Angelo, Texas (M.L. Leddy's)Cosimo LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas Cuca SanchezEl Paso, Texas D.V. RossAmarillo, Texas D.W. Frommer IIRedmond, Oregon Dan TrujillioComanche, Texas Dana PerrottiAustin, Texas Dave HutchingsParker, Colorado Dave LittleSan Antonio, Texas Dave Wheeler / Wheeler Boot CompanyHouston, Texas David “Dew” WestoverElectra, Texas David GallegosSanta Fe, New Mexico Dean JacksonHobbs, New Mexico Dean RandolphCanyon, Texas Deana McGuffinAlbuquerque, New Mexico (earlier Clovis)Dennis CottleAmarillo, Texas Domingo JaureguiEl Paso, Texas Don AtkinsonIngram, Texas Duck MenziesBelton, Texas Dustin LauwSalado, Texas (originally Belton)Earl BeckDalhart, Texas; later Amarillo, Texas Earl JustinNocona → Fort Worth, Texas Eddie KimmelComanche, Texas Edie KudlisBrooklyn, New York Edward H. BohlinCody, Wyoming → Hollywood, California Edward W. HyerOlathe, Kansas Edwin MartinLas Animas, Colorado Enid JustinNocona, Texas Frank UrbanSan Angelo, Texas Giovanni MerazAmarillo, Texas Graham EbnerAustin, Texas Greg CarmackWalnut Springs, Texas (later Waco, Texas)H.J. JustinSpanish Fort → Nocona, Texas Harry OlsenHenrietta, Texas Henry CamargoMercedes, Texas Heritage Boot CompanyAustin, Texas / León, Mexico Ignacio Martinez (El Vaquero Boots)Raymondville, Texas J. L. Mercer and SonSan Angelo, Texas Jack ReedBurnet, Texas James “Smitty” SmithBeggs, Oklahoma James Leddy Boots (Abilene)Abilene, Texas James MoradoHouston, Texas Jarrett Van CurenPittsburg, Texas Jay GriffithFairfax then Guthrie, Oklahoma Jerry BrownPawnee, Oklahoma Jim BrainardParker, Colorado Joe VasquezSan Angelo, Texas (M.L. Leddy's)Joey SanchezEl Paso, Texas John L. MaidaHouston, Texas John S. Justin Sr.Spanish Fort → Fort Worth, Texas Jojo McKibbenAustin, Texas Jorge LuceroAmarillo, Texas Jose Lucas SanchezEl Paso, Texas Jose Luis SanchezEl Paso, Texas José Parreño LinerosValverde del Camino, Huelva, Spain Joseph LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas Julius StelzerNocona, then Henrietta, Texas Justin T. WalkerAbilene, Texas L.W. McGuffinRoswell and Portales, New Mexico Lee MillerAustin, Texas Lisa SorrellGuthrie, Oklahoma Lucien LittleSan Antonio, Texas Luis JovelFresno, California Maida'sHouston, Texas Marc Cruz / Way Out West BootsEl Paso, Texas Mark CandelaWeimar, Texas Martin Luther LeddyBrady → San Angelo, Texas Melody DawkinsEl Sobrante, California Michael AnthonySebastopol, California Michael LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas Mike AllredWhitesboro, Texas Mike VaughnBowie, Texas Morgan BuckertHailey, Idaho Natalie TeichertMackay, Idaho OsunaTucson, Arizona Pablo Jass SeniorLampasas, Texas Paul BondNogales, Arizona Paul KrausePrescott, Arizona Pedro MuñozEl Paso, Texas Primitivo “Primo” OrozcoCuero, Texas Rafael MoranWeslaco, Texas Ramon NavarroAustin, Texas Raúl CerrilloHouston, Texas Ray JonesLampasas, Texas Raymond “Ray” DorwartGuthrie, Oklahoma Refugio PerezSan Antonio, Texas Republic Boot CompanyHouston Heights (1133 E 11th St)Richard SalazarHouston, Texas Robert BrestSan Angelo, Texas Rocky CarrollHouston, Texas Rodney Ammons / Ammons Boot CompanyEl Paso / Justin Brands Ronny StewartLeón, Mexico, then Tucson, Arizona Royal BrownSan Antonio, Texas Ruben DiazSan Antonio, Texas Rusty FranklinSan Angelo, Texas Salvador J. Maida Jr.Houston, Texas Salvatore “Sam” MaidaHouston, Texas Sam LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas Samuel James LuccheseSan Antonio, Texas (died in Houston)Scott Wayne EmmerichEl Paso, Texas; later Cody, Wyoming Seth Teichertnear Mackay, Idaho Shorty Golden (Lillard Lawton Golden)Belton, Texas Slavko Drazic (Shane O’Neil)Rankin, Texas Sonny DawkinsDalhart, Texas Stephanie FergusonMillsap, Texas Steven Craig MartinAustin, Texas Stewart Boot CompanyTucson, Arizona Suzanne WatsonPaonia, Colorado T. C. McInerneyAbilene, Kansas T.O. StanleyEl Paso, Texas Terry YoungPaducah, Texas Tex RobinColeman, Texas Tim BishopTucumcari, New Mexico Tony Lama Sr.Syracuse → Fort Bliss → El Paso, Texas Torres BrothersRaymondville, Texas Tres Outlaws Boot CompanyEl Paso, Texas / Cody, Wyoming Vicente CavazosMercedes, Texas Victor J. BorgSouth Tucson, Arizona Vidal BustamanteAmarillo, Texas (raised in Juárez, Mexico)W. E. AdkinsBlossom, Texas W. L. “Tex” RobinColeman, Texas Weldon RayMarfa, Texas Wes ShugartBrentwood / Nashville, Tennessee Western Leather CraftAmarillo, Texas William HyerHanover, Germany → Illinois Willie Lusk Jr.Lubbock, Texas Yldefonso SanchezEl Paso, Texas Zeferino RiosMercedes, Texas Zephan ParkerHouston, Texas

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