We often wear fashion and know more about the designer than the items’ history. I found this historical account of the Western boot from sheplers.com and didn’t want to edit it down as it was so interesting. “No one really knows who the original inventor of cowboy boots was. According to several different stories and [...]
I recently travelled through western Texas from Marfa to El Paso. I spent a few days in El Paso, from Spanish, (“the pass”). El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico-United States border from Ciudad Juarez. The journey triggered an impromptu road trip and as I stopped to take pictures and [...]
On my way to Prada Marfa, I drove past Valentine. On approaching you can see a Western movie unfold before your very eyes. Here's a bit about ithe town from Wikipedia: "Valentine is a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 134 at the 2010 census, down from 187 at the [...]
