Hyer Boot Factory

From January 2016 to December 2016, the display case at the Museum of Deaf HIstory, Arts & Culture® showcased the Hyer Boot company, the inspiration for our Boots and BBQ UnGala and a themed Patio Culture. The well-known “cowboy boot” of frontier America fame has one of its origins in the shoe shop of Charles Henry Hyer of Olathe, Kansas in 1875, a man who actually worked at Kansas School for the Deaf where he trained students in shoemaking!