Cowboy Boots - The History

I would be very very surprised if you knowprotection because there were a lot of dangers
someone who don't what cowboy boots are. Weon the trail like barbed wires and snakes. An
all know what boots are and it's possible that a lotunidentified cowboy during that time is believed to
of you have used them since the day we startedbe the inventor of cowboy boots.
wearing shoes, but not everyone knows where itThe cowboy went to a shoemaker in Kansas or
came from. That's is the topic of this article - TheTexas in 1870's with ideas to improve their
origin of cowboy boots.footwear. The shoemaker was asked by the
Before we completely go to the topic, for thecowboy to make a new kind of boot with a
sake of those who don't know, the definition ofsquare or narrower toe so they could get their
boots according to wikipedia is a type offoot easily into their strups. He also wanted a
footwear that covers at least the foot and thebigger heel to keep his foot in the stirrup while he
ankle and sometimes extends up to the knee orrode and to get more traction when walking on
even the hip. Most boots have a heel that isrocky terrains. The shoemaker did it and they
clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole,designed to fit tightly at the bottom so it would
even if the two are made of one piece.not fall off but looser at the top so that when a
According to a lot of websites about cowboycowboy was in trouble, he could easily wiggle out
boots, no one has been able to find out who theof the boots.
really inventor or designer was. But the history ofSo that was the birth of the cowboy boots and
cowboy boots started back in the time of civilit's been modified from generations to generations
war. Cowboys needed a shoes that will give themfor all kinds of purposes.