A Boot Collector Feature
Four generations of the Ross family, making fine working and dress boots out of Amarillo since 1914.
Western Leather Craft Boot has stayed in the Ross family across four generations, making fine working and dress boots out of Amarillo, Texas since 1914 — a run of more than a century under one family's hands. A Texas Monthly feature on the state's top custom bootmakers noted the shop's range across work boots, art boots, wing tips, and flower inlays, with pairs at the time starting around $575 and a three-month turnaround.
Over a century of continuous family ownership, rare even among Texas's old bootmaking names, with clients that have included singing cowboy Gene Autry.
A Texas bootmaking name in the same family since 1914.
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.