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True West Magazine has been keeping the West alive for its readers since 1953.  Today’s 312,000+ print readers as well as those who make up more than 350,000 page views at their Web site take Western history and legends seriously.  They are vested in knowing more than the basics.  They value bravery and tenacity. They also know how to enjoy themselves through reenacting historic events.  True West asks the tough questions and prints the facts its readers’ want; fearless of agitating a situation into a conversation.  They are proud of the quality education and entertainment content published each month.

 

Bob Boze Bell of True West MagazineTrue West’s online archive allows readers, historians, universities, and media companies the ability to research articles back to 2005.  They enjoy thousands of Facebook Fans and Twitter followers.  Executive Editor, Bob Boze Bell, blogs regularly about what it’s like to run the magazine as well as living the Western life.

 

Mr. Bell leads an editorial team of historians and experts who bring Western history and lifestyle to life within each issue’s pages.  Some of the topics covered regularly include:

  • Classic Gunfights (with maps and artwork)
  • Ask the Marshall answers readers’ questions about the Old West
  • Investigating History champions ongoing research into Old Wes icons, places, and episodes
  • Frontier Fare shares classic recipes from a food historian
  • Renegade Roads offers a glimpse into historical sites
  • True Western Towns provides insight into historic Western towns
  • Westerns covers reviews of recent Western movies and TV shows as well as the classics
  • Western Books reviews the latest noteworthy release in Western fiction and nonfiction
  • Collecting the West opens up the world of American West treasures of art, cowboy gear, and memorabilia
  • Old West Saviors spotlights the people who preserve and maintain important ties to our past
  • Survival in the Old West provides a glimpse into what it was like to survive in Old West
  • What History has Taught Me offers insights of the editorial team

 

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Each year, True West polls its readers and editors for the best in Western fashions.  The categories voted on are Best Western Bootmaker, Best Western Hatmaker, Best Western Clothing Maker, and Best Period Western Clothing Maker.  Recently, True West made its announcement of the Best of the West for 2015.  The Reader’s Choice award for Best Period Western Clothing Maker is Recollections!  We are honored to be thought so highly of by the readers of True West Magazine.  We thank you!  To see all the winners, please go to http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/best-of-the-west-m/best-of-the-west-s/2015/7372-the-best-of-western-wear-for-2015-bow. To view Recollections collection of Old West fashions and accessories, please visit https://recollections.biz/clothing/oldwest.html