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Makers and Retail
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Rocketbuster Boots: The El Paso Workshop Making One-of-a-Kind Handmade Boots
In a 1900 warehouse in El Paso, a small team cuts, paints and stitches custom boots. The shop was once traded for a 1953…
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Marfa Book Co.: The West Texas Bookstore Called World-Class Since 1999
Marfa Book Co. opened in 1999 in a town best known for art. It now combines books, a gallery and a coffee and wine…
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Wildseed Farms: From a Houston Seed Business to Texas’s Wildflower Farm Near Fredericksburg
John and Marilyn Thomas started planting wildflowers in 1981. Today Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg has fields, a nursery, a winery and a biergarten.
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BookPeople: How Austin’s Grok Books Became One of the Country’s Largest Independent Bookstores
Two couples opened Grok Books near UT in 1970 with a $5,000 budget. Today BookPeople fills a huge store at Sixth and Lamar with…