Bob Boze Bell Talk

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation is funding two special guests in Lincoln this October. Bob Boze Bell, Executive Editor of True West Magazine will be an artist-in-residence at the Lincoln Historic Site October 1st through the 10th. Author Frederick Nolan will be joining Bob in Lincoln as historian-in-residence. Nolan will be doing original research on Lincoln for publication.

Bob Bell, who earned the nickname ‘Boze’ in high school after running backwards from first to second base in a baseball game, has been involved with True West Magazine since 1996 when he was contracted to do cover art for the magazine. In 1999, he and fellow historian Bob McCubbin purchased the magazine, moving it to Arizona where it resides to this day.

Prior to his ownership of True West, Bell had worked for multiple radio stations and magazines. He also wrote, illustrated, and published The Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid; The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp; The Illustrated Life and Times of Doc Holliday; and Bad Men: Outlaws and Gunfighters of the Wild West.

While working on True West, Bell has appeared on The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, and The Learning Channel. His work has featured in Playboy, National Lampoon, Arizona Highways, True West, Wild West and the Kingman Junior High Desert Rat.

While in Lincoln, Bob will be making sketches of buildings and historical events that took place in the village. As part of his residency, Bob will be giving a public talk on Wednesday, October 8th at 2:00 in the San Juan Mission. Lincoln Historic Site is located on Highway 380, 12 miles east of Capitan.