In the 1920s, Yldefonso Sanchez moved from Leon, Mexico, to El Paso, where he went to work at Fort Bliss as a cobble alongside another boot maker, Tony Lama, Sr. In 1928, Mr. Sanchez opened his own business, and during the 1940s and 1950s, his son, Jose, and daughter-in-law, Cuca, expanded the business to western wear.

The company grew to encompass six locations. When Yldefonso's grandson, Jose Luis, joined the business in the 1960s, he arranged to have the family subcontract to make boots for a number of boot brands, including Tony Lama and Nocona. During the 1970s, a renewed interest in cowboy boots emerged with the popularization of the film, Urban Cowboy.

In the 1980s, a member of the fourth generation of the family, Joey Sanchez, along with his future wife, Priscilla, opened Champion Attitude Accessories, which marketed boot accessories. They soon began to craft more colorful and stylish footwear for younger customers under the name "Champion Attitude Boots," selling custom cowboy boots to rock-and-roll bands such as KISS, Motley Crue, and Bon Jovi.

Today, under the leadership of Joey and Priscilla Sanchez, the company is known as CABOOTS, and markets handmade boots, shoes, and accessories. The company is known for its period reproduction boots, which have been featured in motion pictures such as The Pirates of the Caribbean and 3:10 to Yuma. Its footwear has also been featured in performances by Cirque du Soleil, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago Lyric Theater.

Over the course of four generations, the Sanchez family and CABOOTS have helped make El Paso the "Cowboy Boot Capital of the World," satisfying and delighting customers of all ages and backgrounds with their unique custom creations.