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The flat landi of north
Texas produced many a
tumbleweed in the early
1000’a. And they alio pro
duced a determined young
woman with a little money,
a big dream, and some hand
made cowboy boots.
Today, almost half a cen
tury later, vivacious Miss
Enid Justin is 80-years
young and the only lady
cowboy bootmaker in the
world. A $5,000 loan and
a dream became a reality
The Nocona Boot Company.
The handmade cowboy
boots, although now in large
part made by skilled crafts
men using special machines,
have helped shape the his
tory of western footwear.
Nocona is known nation
wide as a pacesetter in both
quality and style.
Western style boots trace
their history back to similar
boots worn by the Mongo
lian hordes of Genghis Khan
as well as back to heroes
of the Old West, says Miss
Enid, as she is affectionately
called.
“Although the western
style boot is part of Amer
ica’s heritage, its predeces
sors go back over 4,000
years,” she explains. “The
cowboy boot of the mid
19th century, which was
directly influenced by the
Spanish, was much like that
worn by the Asiatic plains-
men.”
The silver-haired Texan
and student of boot history,
relates that the high-heel
type boot has historically
undergone style changes in
every culture. The Amer
ican cowboy boot is no
exception.
“The men who rode the
range in the 1800’s weren’t
concerned with how their
boots looked but with how
they lasted. Boots were de
signed in solid colors and
for durability only.
“Things are different
nowadays,” she admits.
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Miss Enid Justin, Founder and President of The Nocona
Boot Company, compares one of her Company’s 1975
styles, left, with a Nocona Boot made over 30 years ago.
“People still want boots
that will last a long time,
but they are also interested
in style," she says explain
ing that western boots are
now worn by men and wom
en from all segments of
society, not just by ranchers
and cowboys
“Our customers also in
clude distinguished national
leaders, famous entertainers,
movie stars, businessmen,
lawyers, doctors, truckers,
housewives and college stu
dents,” she said.
Reflecting on the early
days at Nocona, Miss Enid
recalls that every employee
used to make an entire boot
and the plant turned out
60 pairs a day. Now, each
employee has a specialized
job and Nocona manufac
tures 1,200 pairs daily
“Of course, much of
the work is still done by
hand or it wouldn’t be a
Nocona Boot, but at the
same time there have been
innovations ”
She is quick to point out
that the increasing demands
for a larger variety of styles
are easier to meet because
of those innovations
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“Thanks to modern
means of transportation we
are able to provide more
exotic boots such as those
made of lizard, anteater and
anaconda snake hides."
Preferences in colors, de
signs, and sizes are different
now too, she relates.
“We used to make boots
in brown, black and tan with
a few blues and reds. Al
though we now have blues,
greens, yellows, and others,
the more popular colors are
birch, whiskey and choco
late brown. The rounded
toes are now ahead of the"
traditional pointed toe in
sales and a greater variety
of stitch patterns are in
demand.
“And feet seem to be
getting bigger,” she smiles.
In various early civiliza
tions, Miss Enid notes, boots
were often considered a sta
tus symbol and were worn
by kings, their special of
ficers, and others born of
nobility
“At Nocona, we still
make our boots ‘fit for a
king,’ but now western boots
are enjoyed by people in
all walks of life.”
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Johnny Appleseed
Celebrates 200th
Once again it is apple time
in Pennsylvania, where
apples have been grown
commercially since before
1800.
Red Delicious, the most
popular eating apple, will be
in adequate supply as the
result of a 15 percent greater
production than last year,
Secretary of Agriculture
James A. McHale said
today.
“Growers report excellent
color and excellent quality
for Red Delicious,” he siad.
“Golden Delicious also are
first-rate, with many of them
showing a very attractive
blush. Other popular
varieties include Stayman,
Rome, Jonathan and
Mclntosh.”
The excellent quality of the
Pennsylvania apples will be
backed up by the heaviest
nromotion program in
history. The program,
supported financially by the
growers and administered
by the Apple Marketing
Board, will include print and
electronic advertising
throughout the state,
merchandising contest for
supermarkets and
educational activities in the
schools.
Arthur Rice, Adams
County grower-packer and
chairman of the Apple
Marketing Board, points out
that this record-breaking
promotional program will tie
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct. 19,1974
in with the 200th birthday
celebration of Johnny Ap
pleseed, whose real name
was John Chapman, lived for
a while in Warren County,
before taking off into the
Midwest to encourage the
planting of apple trees.
Apple growing in Penn
sylvania goes back to the
earliest Colonial times
Orchards of several acres
were reported along the
Delaware prior to 1800.
Pennsylvania continues to be
one of the leading apple
states, ranking fourth in the
nation in the volume of
production, which is ex
pected to total about 400
million pounds.
Besides its fresh apples,
Pennsylvania is famous for
its applesauce, apple, juice,
cider and snitz (Penn
sylvania Dutch dried ap
ples).
Cooked in a ?
Pennsylvania Dutch cooks are
particularly fond of a very heavy
iron skillet which they utilize
quite often and it’s called S
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