Al Reynolds Passes
The western boot industry lost a well-loved member recently.
Alfred Reynolds was born on May 17, 1941, in Philadelphia. The Reynolds family moved to Chicago when he was five, and this was where he discovered his love of horses. Like many young boys of the time, Al was inspired by his celluloid cowboy heroes and it was something that never left him. Al’s parents frequently took him to a local riding stable so he could ride.
“He was a horse kid from word go,” says Dione, Al’s wife. “It was just something in his blood. He just loved it.”
It was in a Chicago park where Al was
