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True West Magazine Possibly identified in 2012 as Alonzo F. Thompson of Company C, 84th New York Infantry Regiment, (earlier known as 14th Regiment New York State Militia). The young soldier is wearing a Union zouave uniform with bayoneted 1855 rifle musket with initials A.T. on stock. – Courtesy Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress/Source: Martinez, Ramona. “Photo Mystery Solved, Then Doubted, Then Deciphered, Thanks to Readers”; http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/04/17/150801239/ – The young men of a divided nation answered the call of w...

True West Magazine Across the West, historic hotels, guest ranches, lodges, restaurants and saloons eagerly await patrons. On a recent trip from Arizona to Washington, I stayed overnight at national chain hotels, local Airbnb cottages and condos and a historic hotel. Everywhere I spent the night on the way to and from Seattle, the owners were welcoming and helpful, the properties were clean and up-to-date and the neighborhood restaurants and shops were eager for visitors to return. In Nevada, Oregon and Washington, every business was set and ready for visitors, and every proprietor was holdin...

True West Magazine Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to get a map of the location of Doc Holliday’s Saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico (“Classic Gunfights,” p. 38). First and foremost, we harnessed the lifelong scholarship of our esteemed colleague and author of the go-to book on Doc Holliday, Gary L. Roberts, who gave us the insights we needed to fill in the gaps on this somewhat confusing gunfight. Meanwhile, the map assignment went out to Tom Jonas, and I told him I wanted a map showing where Doc Holliday’s Saloon was in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1879, when he shot Mik...

Taylor’s & Company Firearms Wins Double Awards Ammoland Inc. Posted on IMG Taylors U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester, VA., – Taylor’s & Company Firearms importers and specialty marketers of historically correct reproduction firearms is a double award recipient in the 2021 True West magazine Best of the West Collectors Edition issue. The results included more than sixty categories recognizing Taylor’s & Company Best Cowboy Action Pistol category for the Smoke Wagon model and the Best Action Shotgun category for the 1887 Lever-Action Shotgun model. Taylor’s also released a new S...

True West Magazine Franciscan Brother Simeon Schwemberger began his passion for photography of the Four Corners region after his discovery of a surplus large-format 5×7 glass-plate camera at the St. Michaels Mission near Window Rock, Arizona, in 1901. His poignant 1908 photo of a public Jemez Pueblo ceremony in New Mexico reflects his sensitivity for the Native peoples he photographed. – Courtesy Library of Congress –   For millions of would-be travelers to the American West, 2020 will be remembered as the year that might have been. For those who did venture out West this past year, spo...