Handmade Cowboy Boots
For well over 35 years Missouri Boot & Shoe Company has offered the most authentic reproduction Civil War Boots and Shoes on the market. Our customers have long expressed an interest in being able to purchase custom made post Civil War Cowboy Boots for action shooting, living history and modern use. We are now proud to say we are expanding our boot line
The first boots worn by actual 19th-century cowboys were modeled after boots worn by Hessian soldiers, who fought for the British during the Revolutionary War. During the cattle drive era of 1866–1884 the cowboy boot as we know it came into being with tall shaft tops and round or square toes. The men driving these cattle herds to market demanded a high quality hand made leather boots that would protect their legs on horse back or on foot and wear well in all conditions for use on the drives.
The American Cowboy Culture as we know it today had its origin in a synthesis of Anglo and Hispanic cultures which was created in Texas in the days of the Texas Republic and spread with the trail herds during the cattle drive era of 1866-1884.
Even long after the age of cowboys disappeared from the American undiscovered west, pieces of their culture still survive and resonate through our modern history and popular entertainment. Among some of the most iconic pieces of that time, cowboy boots remain one of the most popular clothing items of that romantic and mysterious time. As the age of the cowboys slowly went away from the American prairies, entertainment industry latched on to this interesting period of time and managed to popularize cowboys as symbols of freedom, independence and courage.
Riding boots had been a part of equestrian life for centuries
As the age of the cowboys slowly went away from the American prairies, entertainment industry latched on to this interesting period of time and managed to popularize cowboys as symbols of freedom, independence and courage. During 1950s when TV shows about them reached height of popularity, every young boy prized their cowboy shoes and fake revolver pistols as the most important items that they owned. As the time went on, cowboy attire became increasingly popular, spreading across the borders of the United States across entire world
Tall, snug-fitting boots with high heels had become the hallmark of Great Plains trail-drive cowboys by the 1870s. elevating the humble boot to the status of folk art and high fashion.
These men This style of boot has endured as part of our American cultural heritage. Prized by cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry and still popular today Sometime in the 1940's, fashion designers added the pointed toes seen on some boots today
until sometime in the 1940s, when pointy toesThese men needed a boot that would protect their legs on horse back or on foot and wear well in all conditions were in great demand. The men driving these herds to market demanded high quality hand made leather boots that would protect their legs on horse back or on foot and wear well in all conditions. This style of boot has endured as part of our American cultural heritage. Prized by cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry and still popular today Sometime in the 1940's, pointy toes were introduced for fashion reasons.
They made cowboy boots for cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry.
cowboy boots had round or square toes until sometime in the 1940s, when pointy toes were introduced for reasons having to do with fashion.
The first boots worn by actual 19th-century cowboys were modeled after boots worn by Hessian soldiers, who fought side-by-side with the British during the Revolutionary War
The American Cowboy Culture as we know it today had its origin in a synthesis of Anglo and Hispanic cultures which was created in Texas in the days of the Texas Republic and spread with the trail herds during the cattle drive era of 1866-1884.
Even long after the age of cowboys disappeared from the American undiscovered west, pieces of their culture still survive and resonate through our modern history and popular entertainment. Among some of the most iconic pieces of that time, cowboy boots remain one of the most popular clothing items of that romantic and mysterious time. As the age of the cowboys slowly went away from the American prairies, entertainment industry latched on to this interesting period of time and managed to popularize cowboys as symbols of freedom, independence and courage.
Riding boots had been a part of equestrian life for centuries
As the age of the cowboys slowly went away from the American prairies, entertainment industry latched on to this interesting period of time and managed to popularize cowboys as symbols of freedom, independence and courage. During 1950s when TV shows about them reached height of popularity, every young boy prized their cowboy shoes and fake revolver pistols as the most important items that they owned. As the time went on, cowboy attire became increasingly popular, spreading across the borders of the United States across entire world
Tall, snug-fitting boots with high heels had become the hallmark of Great Plains trail-drive cowboys by the 1870s. elevating the humble boot to the status of folk art and high fashion.
These men This style of boot has endured as part of our American cultural heritage. Prized by cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry and still popular today Sometime in the 1940's, fashion designers added the pointed toes seen on some boots today
until sometime in the 1940s, when pointy toesThese men needed a boot that would protect their legs on horse back or on foot and wear well in all conditions were in great demand. The men driving these herds to market demanded high quality hand made leather boots that would protect their legs on horse back or on foot and wear well in all conditions. This style of boot has endured as part of our American cultural heritage. Prized by cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry and still popular today Sometime in the 1940's, pointy toes were introduced for fashion reasons.
They made cowboy boots for cattlemen, rodeo performers and movie stars such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry.
cowboy boots had round or square toes until sometime in the 1940s, when pointy toes were introduced for reasons having to do with fashion.
The first boots worn by actual 19th-century cowboys were modeled after boots worn by Hessian soldiers, who fought side-by-side with the British during the Revolutionary War