Kids Cowboy Boots Submitted by Jim Roche NJ

Kids cowboy boots are perfect for any occasion. Here at Kids Cowboy Boots Dot Com we carry a wide variety of styles and colors of kids boots. We carry Smoky Mountain, Tony Lama, Durango and Ariat kids cowboy boots. These are some of the most popular brands of kids boots on the market today. These boots are great for going to the rodeo, farm, or school.

Check out our styles of kids cowboy boots for the little cowpoke in your life. Your little cowboy or cowgirl will be the talk of any western hoe-down. Great styling available here from the basic boot to the glitzy light up styles. Boys cowboy boot styles are made to look rough and tough from looking plain to the look of snakeskin just like daddy's boots. No matter the style your cowboy will be sporting around he will be ready for the rodeo. Whether he is wearing them to play dress up or an evening out, you will be proud to see your little cowpoke dressed in his boots. For your little girl she will always be styling in the most fashionable boots available from the most popular fringe or the Texas star. Our kids cowboy boots are available in infant, toddler, children, and youth sizes.

The History of Kids Cowboy Boots

No one really knows who the original inventor of kids cowboy boots was. According to several different stories and legends, the first pair of cowboy boots was made by either a shoemaker in Kansas, or by one in Texas. Either way, the story is still the same. After the Civil War was over in 1865, the cowboys who were driving cattle across the country discovered that they needed a different style of boots. The ones worn during the war just didn’t suit the long hours riding on the trails: blazing through the brush and brambles, splashing through creeks and rivers, and riding with their feet in stirrups for hours at a time. Around 1870 some ingenious cowboy took his boots to a shoemaker and asked for a pointy toe so he could get his foot into the stirrup more easily; a taller shaft to protect his legs; and a bigger, thicker, underslung heal so his foot wouldn’t come out of the stirrup during the rough riding on the trails. The knee-high design protected his legs from the thorns of mesquite trees, barbed wire, snakes, and other dangers. The kids cowboy boots were pulled on with long mule-ear straps but were loose enough on the top so that they could be wiggled out of easily if the cowboy was hung up in the stirrup and needed to get out in a hurry. The tough leather that the cowboy boots were made from also protected the cowboy’s ankles from being bruised by the wooden stirrups, and his legs from rubbing against the stirrup leathers. The cowboy boots were stitched on the outside to keep the leather from buckling and eventually rubbing against the cowboy’s leg.

The high, underslung heel of the kids cowboy boot also served to protect the cowboy. He could dig that heel into the ground when pulling a stubborn mule or when leading his horse down a steep and rocky trail. The heel also kept the cowboy’s foot from going all the way through the stirrup so that if he were thrown from his horse he wouldn’t get stuck in the stirrup and drug on the ground. And just like that, the first pair of kids cowboy boots was born.

The first pairs of kids cowboy boots had very little style and were for working purposes only. They were a tool that helped keep the cowboy safe and quickly became a part of any cowboy’s everyday life.

At first, kids cowboy boots were only custom made. A cowboy would have to go to a cobbler who would measure his feet and make a pair of cowboy boots just for him. Later, the first mail-order boot companies came about. Getting a pair of cowboy boots in this way was much more humble, but a cowboy down on his luck had to do whatever he could to get his boots.

Kids Cowboy boots began as a practical tool for the cowboy, but soon became a fashion statement. The stitching on the outside usually done in a plain black or brown soon gave way to more colorful thread, and designs and pictures were sewn into the boots. From there, bootmakers began to experiment with inlays and overlays, and suddenly boot designs became limitless. The more extraordinary the kids cowboy boot could be, the better.