Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A boot company is selling gator hunts A Texas-based boot maker is taking custom-made alligator boots to the next level by giving ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — If you’re looking for a one-of-a-kind pair of cowboy boots, there’s a place in Fort Worth where they’re still made the old-fashioned way. At Morris Boot Company, tucked near ...

Lucchese is arguably the foremost bootmaker in America. It was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1883 by Sicilian-born Salvatore “Sam” Lucchese. Since then, the company has outfitted many you might ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Conrad, owner of the Republic Boot Company, is shown in Houston Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle ...

This spring, the Houston Texans cheerleaders crowded into Republic Boot Co. on the corner of Studewood and 11th Street in Houston's Heights neighborhood for a first-of-its-kind uniform fitting: their ...

Sick of corporate Christmas? Try shopping local. Hair Balls presents a 12-part series highlighting ideas for holiday gifts made and sold in Texas. Cowboy boots are a Texas tradition, and not that Hair ...

A Texas-based boot maker is taking custom-made alligator boots to the next level by giving customers the full experience of hunting their own bootleather. Starting this fall, Republic Boot Co. is ...