Jane Gilvary

Yankee-Mania: The Wild West Invades London
A Transatlantic Debut With much fanfare and “Yankee-mania,” Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show debuted in London, England on May 9, 1887,…

Flight from Destiny: Western Grit in Color
Fusion of Styles For a clear example of photo-realism fused with pop art, look no further than the amazing artwork of Billy…

The TE Ranch in American Memory
A Window into the West Just outside the Coe Auditorium at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West hangs an iconic painting…

An Ordinary Man, an Extraordinary Legacy: Audie Murphy and the Colt Bisley
I may be branded by war, but I will not be defeated by it.” ― Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back Audie Murphy’s 1905…

Scout, Warrior, Witness: The Legacy of White Man Runs Him
A Feathered Legacy On display in the Plains Indian Museum visitors will find a feather bonnet that once belonged to a revered…

Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train
Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…