EL PASO SADDLEBLANKET - Key Persons

Bonnie Henson were beating their way along Route 66, peddling mostly turquoise jewelry and Mexican saddleblankets out of the back of their pickup truck. One day they met a man who owned several trading posts in New Mexico, the fellow asked them if they could manufacture Southwest-style rugs. Dusty figured he could, and started producing high-quality rugs in Mexico. Sales soared. The Henson's soon opened their own import-export business in El Paso Texas and began a journey that would become more than 48 years of traveling the globe-trading, buying, manufacturing, wholesaling and designing the best selection of Southwest products available anywhere. Dusty and Bonnie have made a lot of friends, a lot of deals, and a lot of wonderful handwoven products along the way.