Weinbrenner Shoe Company still makes every pair of boots right here in the United States—just as it did when it was founded by Albert H. Weinbrenner, the son of a German cobbler, in 1892. Even in the last 8 years, as Weinbrenner has experienced rapid growth with the release of its Thorogood 1892 line, this Wisconsin-based manufacturer still uses the same machines it acquired in the ‘30s and ‘40s. And why not? In business more than 100 years, Weinbrenner knows better than to mess with a good thing.