Master boot maker Dan Schwarz, left, demonstrates how to welt a boot for students Nicol Hatch, Troy James and Bob Bugeaud during boot making school last week at his shop in Dillon. Schwarz and his ...

Chris Conrad felt what he describes as his divine calling almost fifteen years ago. The fifth-generation Texan had been living and traveling abroad for several years while working in the oil and gas ...

All cowboy boots, whether made by hand or by a big manufacturer, whether constructed of calf or cordovan or ostrich, are only as good as the sum of their parts and the process by which they come ...

In a small workshop behind his Eureka, Kansas, home, a master shoemaker from Italy is quietly pursuing his craft. "I think you really have to like the culture to really understand how to make a proper ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. John Hickenlooper wears his state pride on each foot, with iconic Colorado scenes cut into the custom cowboy boots he wears on special occasions. His ...

It’s hard to pin down the exact origin of the cowboy. According to educators at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, they may have been brought to the Americas by the Spanish as footwear for horseback ...

The cowboy boot is a timeless footwear classic—one that reaches across geographies, generations, and styles. From rodeo enthusiasts at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo or the Bill Pickett ...