Randy Moe
Moe’s Custom Boots in Beggs, Oklahoma, is one of those ephemeral dreams that’s always been there, yet seems to be a more recent fixture. That’s the way dreams work sometimes.
Randy Moe’s family had a few horses and cattle on their Oregon acreage. Although it wasn’t large enough to be considered a cow outfit, it was enough to stoke a young cowboy’s dreams.
“I can’t remember not having horses,” says Randy.
Randy had a normal childhood, but a fight when he was 12 cost him most of the vision in his left eye. Randy’s family enjoyed rodeo, and many of them went on to compete in a wide variety of rodeo events. Randy rode bareback broncs and bulls when he was big enough.
As a teenager, Randy worked for Bob Morrow on Bob’s Roseburg, Oregon ranch. Randy loved working cattle on horseback and Bob mentored him in cowboy skills. Eventually, Bob attended Lawrence DeWitt’s saddlemaking school and went from raising cows to building saddles. Bob called his shop The Cowboy Cobbler.
“The idea is not to get a pair of
