The mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has captivated the world’s attention. It’s also triggered a spate of news stories about other aviation mysteries—foremost among them being the fate of Amelia Earhart, whose Lockheed Electra disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 […]
Decades before the famous—or infamous—videos began appearing showing Bad Girls Being Naughty, another bevy of beauties became known worldwide for their exploits. They were classy, brassy, sassy, and sexy to boot. They were fun-lovin’, hard-drinkin’, and—at least some of them—hard-lovin’, into the bargain. They were sharpshooters and trick ropers, acrobats on horseback, and champion bronco-riders. […]
Here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, we celebrate the “Spirit of the American West” — defined as “the spirit of optimism itself. “We view this “Spirit” as something tangible, precious, and worth sustaining from one generation to another. As a quintessential westerner, Edwin Lester Dana (1864 – 1946) appreciated the potency of that “Spirit […]
Here’s something worth pondering: Of the four primary points on a compass—North, South, East, West—only the last one begins with a pronoun: We. “We” as in “ourselves.” “We” as in “us.” It is through action—whether we act, or whether we are acted upon—that the word “we” becomes “us.” The quintessential story of the American West […]