Leah Madsen

August 13, 2014

How the West Was Fun: Frontier Arts and Crafts

“I knew my heart had found it, I knew my search was done. Oh, oh, oh how the West was fun… Oh,…

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A Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear. National Park Service photo by Jim Peaco, 2005.
August 11, 2014

Hey Boo Boo, Let’s Go Get Us a Pic-a-nic Basket: Grizzly Bears and Human Food

Before I came to Cody, Wyoming; the first thing that always popped into my head about Yellowstone was Yogi Bear. For those…

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August 7, 2014

Wild Things: Wildlife Animal Arts and Crafts

Art in the Garden this year has been a lot of fun for me and the families that participate in our free…

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July 25, 2014

A Rafting We Will Go

A week ago a group of Buffalo Bill Center of the West interns and employees decided that we would go on a whitewater…

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July 3, 2014

Cowboy’s Life is the Life for Me: Cowboy and Cowgirl Arts and Crafts

“Roll me over and set me free, Cowboy’s life is the life for me.”—from “Cowboy Song” by Thin Lizzy [1] Here at…

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June 25, 2014

Get Yourself an Outfit, and Be a Cowgirl Too

I can see by your outfit that you are a cow[girl].” “I see by your outfit you are a cow[girl] too.” “You…

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