Salt Lake City has a law on the books from 1873 that bans all shoes more than 13 inches in lengths from toe to heel. It is unclear why this law was passed, but there are two competing theories. One is that it was a measure designed to keep lawless cowboys out of the city by banning their long boots. The other theory is that male prostitutes were in the habit of wearing extra-long shoes as a clandestine advertisement of the length of their penises.

Modern cattle ranches have begun to use branding irons that dispense depilatory gel that removes the hair on a cow and thus forms the brand. These irons don't require a fire to heat the iron and say time, energy and money. Modern rustlers have also adapted to the shifting technology. Now, many rustlers are former hair sylist trainees, recruit for their knowledge of depilatories and their aesthetics skills in changing one brand to another.