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Farm Art Friday: Boots on Fence Posts

February 20, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 6 Comments

Coolest fence ever. Technically, this photo is more in the style of Rancher Friday or Cowboy Friday than Farm Friday, but hey, farm, ranch, cowboy…they all wear boots, right?

farm art friday: boots on fence

Photo Credit: Author Lynda Beck Fenwick

Have you ever noticed boots on a fencepost?

What is the signifcance, you ask?

As you might imagine, the interweb is filled with explanations, but I lookedย to Allens Boots, an Austin, Texas bootstore legend (yes that’sย bootstoreย not bookstore) which wrote about this very subject on theirย boot blog…

Allen Boots, Austin, Texas

Various reasons include 1) a way to indicate the rancher was home, 2) a method to protect fenceposts from moisture, or 3) to symbolize theย rancher had passed away.

Who really knows.

But when every fencepost from here to the horizon has a boot stuck on it, I call it farm art.

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[tweetthis]Boots on a fence post. I call it art.[/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:

I Wanna Be A Cowboy – Boys Don’t Cry

This farm art photo is courtesy of my author friend Lynda Beck Fenwickย who blogs about the lifeย of Isaac Beckley Werner (Kansas homesteader, agriculturalist, inventor, journalist, scholar and political activist). Lynda shares detailed information based on Werner’s dailyย journal datedย August of 1884 to June of 1891. His writings provide a fascinating and true glimpse intoย American history. Be sure to check it out.

Filed Under: Farm Tagged With: Allens Boots, cowboy boots, history, Isaac Beckley Werner, Lynda Beck Fenwick

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Comments

  1. Lyn Fenwick says

    February 20, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Thanks for the link!

    Reply
  2. Ian Holland says

    February 21, 2015 at 8:52 am

    Maybe a very large family?

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      February 22, 2015 at 7:48 am

      Maybe so Ian.

      Reply
      • Lyn Fenwick says

        February 22, 2015 at 9:37 am

        Actually that is exactly how the boots got there…a couple with 4 daughters, all still in the community, whose husbands and sons create lots of boots!

        Reply
        • Talya Tate Boerner says

          February 22, 2015 at 4:04 pm

          Thanks Lyn!

          Reply
  3. Dorothy Johnson says

    February 21, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    Ian’s point is well taken. It would takes lots of pairs of boots to for some ranch/farm fence posts to all be covered. A fun picture!

    Reply

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