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Morgan Miller Boot Company

A second company built by an executive who'd already run one boot company under his own name — this one's public trail runs out fast.

Based inEl Paso, TX
Founded byBen Miller
StatusNo longer producing
DocumentationLimited
A note on this entryBeyond its founder's own account — that he "created Morgan Miller Boot Company" during his career — no independent company history, founding date, or product details turned up in research. Treat this as a known name with an uncertain paper trail rather than a documented company history.

The Story

Morgan Miller Boot Company was founded by Ben Miller, the El Paso executive whose decades-long career also included heading the Ben Miller Boot Company — the firm that bought Hyer in 1977 — along with stints connected to Justin, Acme, Tony Lama, and the Larry Mahan license. Morgan Miller appears to have been his own separate venture rather than a renaming of that earlier company, but public sources don't go much further than confirming it existed.

What They're Known For

Mostly, at this point, for being a name that turns up alongside its founder's better-documented history rather than for a specific boot or design of its own. That's not unusual for smaller El Paso operations from this era — the city's bootmaking scene has produced a lot of names that never built the kind of public archive bigger companies did.

A second El Paso boot company from an executive with his name on more than one door — worth knowing, even with more questions than answers.

Pairs from smaller, custom, or long-closed makers rarely come up for sale, so this search may not find anything. It’s worth checking back now and then.