Wesco and Truman Boot Co. are noteworthy brands that others haven’t mentioned yet.

FYI: there’s a store in Chicago on Milwaukee Ave. called Mildblend that carries footwear from many of the American companies mentioned in this thread. It would be a good place to try some pairs on and compare options. They also have an excellent selection of raw denim.

Your comment is making me think of the two-part episode of CSI directed by Quentin Tarantino called “Grave Danger.” I remember it feeling more or less like classic CSI, with a few little nods to Tarantino being at the helm here and there (e.g., events being presented chronologically out of order à la Pulp Fiction, an idea he most likely borrowed from Bertolucci’s The Conformist [1970]).