San Angelo is No. 2 on list of Top Western Towns

San Angelo will be announced as the No. 2 city in True West Magazine’s Top Western Towns issue for February 2019, which is on newsstands now.

According to a news release from True West’s publishers, the honor is connected with San Angelo’s drive to keep history alive in town through Fort Concho National Historic Landmark and other preservation efforts.

“San Angelo is truly the history of West Texas,” says True West Executive Editor Bob Boze Bell. “From the indigenous tribes who lived there for thousands of years, to the brief Spanish settlement, to the arrival of the settlers and the army, this is a place with a rich heritage — and it does a remarkable job of celebrating all of them. San Angelo truly deserves the designation as a Top Western Town.”

According to the news release, this is the 14th year the magazine has presented the awards, and editors base their selection on criteria demonstrating how each town has preserved its history through old buildings, museums and other institutions, events, and promotions of historic resources.