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Article: Denver Museum Prepares Exhibit of Famous Cowboy Boots.
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- The Denver Post (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2003
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Byline: Suzanne S. Brown
Nov. 6--Cowboy boots are worn by royalty and ranch hands, by rock stars and rodeo performers. Their original purpose might have been utilitarian, but along the way, Western boots became icons of the Old West.
"They are the West's most wearable art form," says Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum, which is preparing a year-long exhibit of boots.
The museum featured cowboy hats a few years ago, but Friesen thinks the 60-plus pairs of boots on display will have even wider appeal.
Friesen organized the exhibit into three categories. "Famous Feet" includes more than two dozen pairs of boots ...