Quote Originally Posted by bubba
Real cowboy boots bear very little resemblence to what people think of as cowboy boots. My grandfather was a cowboy in his younger days and he wore a type of lace up boots. Real cowboys spent as much or more time on foot as in the saddle except during the time driving cattle which was not a huge percentage of their time. Hollywood is full of it bovine byproduct.
This reminded me of a joke my uncle told me.

Why cowboys dress like they do:

They wear the wide brimmed hats to keep the sun out of their eyes.
They wear the bandana so they can cover their mouth and nose in a dust storm.
They wear the snap front shirts, so if a calf kicks out during a branding, it just unsnaps the shirt instead of ripping off buttons.
They wear chaps and jeans because they won't get torn up riding through the brush.
And they wear tennis shoes so people don't confuse them with truck drivers. (My uncle was a truck driver.)