By Nick Pernokas
Rachel Dake inherited a love of horses from her mother. When she was nine, Rachel got her first horse. She spent the next few years competing in various equine events in 4-H, but never suspected this Read more
by Liisa Andreassen
When Julie Simon started watching Project Runway, an American reality TV show that focuses on fashion design, she had no idea that one day it would inspire her to trade in her computer for Read more
Sharlot Battin has made a full career out of building shoes, boots and sandals for Broadway actors — and beyond.
By Lynn Ascrizzi
Who’d think that someone born and raised in the old railroad town that is Whitefish, Read more
Andy Barta gained expertise in the business from the toughest of teachers
After working for 55-plus years in the hide and leather business, Andy Barta knows a thing or two about weathering the ups and Read more
Tim Bishop was raised in the small, eastern New Mexico town of Logan. Tim’s high school had only 13 in his graduating class. In this rural ranching community, there were only a few choices in lifestyle Read more
WOODENWULF
by Gene Fowler
As I sat wondrously immersed in the universe of the television program Yellowstone during its recently concluded fourth season—the hats, the horses, ranchers, cowboys, pretty women, gorgeous country, and a lone guitar—the notion that Read more
The June heat came off the tarmac in shimmery waves outside the cattle pens at the Oklahoma City stockyards. It was just another sale day, and the cowboy enjoyed moving the cattle up the alleys on Read more
Highly diversified, big city leather company ‘sources the world’ for finest tanned leathers, suede and nubuck
Global Leathers, a wholesale/retail distributor based at West 35th Street, New York, New York, carries a richly diverse array Read more
A Skater’s Dream
Figure skating legend Brian Boitano, who won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics, still has the first pair of skates he got at the age of nine. Why hang on to Read more
Tommy and I had roped the night before in Abilene. Now, over breakfast, Tommy said, “Let’s go see Buster.” That was one Read more
