The White's tradition has its roots in West Virginia’s logging country back before the Civil War. It was there that Otto White's father and grandfather made caulk boots for the logging industry. In 1902, Otto and his father moved to St. Maries, Idaho, and in 1915, they relocated again to Spokane. Otto's desire was simple: to make the finest work boots in the world. His insistence on quality was contagious and the White’s reputation grew with every pair of boots that came out of the shop. The hard-bitten loggers became the company’s biggest fans; they had never seen anything like the tough-as-nails boots that Otto White and his crew put together. To this day, when you come to own a pair of White's, you can sense that these are no ordinary boots.