Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator Fred Noonan’s last transmission was near Howland Island in the mid-Pacific. No trace of Earhart or her plane was ever found. Just last week, though, Amelia Earhart and her […]
“In an attempt to reduce the number of song bird window collisions in the Braun Garden [here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West], Brandon & I will hang ‘feather guards’ along the outside of the windows. These are simply strings of fishing line with feathers tied every few inches. The idea is that […]
WHAT DO LYME DISEASE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER, WEST NILE VIRUS, AND HANTAVIRUS—DISEASES WITH WHICH WE’RE FAMILIAR IN THE ROCKIES—HAVE TO DO WITH THE DREADED EBOLA VIRUS IN WEST AFRICA? They’re all ailments caused by animal-to-human contact. Since its inception, the Draper Natural History Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has committed itself to […]
Football fans are sure to recognize Adam Vinatieri, kicker for the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. Not as familiar may be the football pro’s direct connection to George Armstrong Custer: His great-great-grandfather was Custer’s bandmaster. We here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are only about three hours south of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. […]
Scrapbooking is all the rage these days. While the hobby incorporates all manner of stickers, artwork, photo holders, and captions, the idea of scrapbooks is quite old. One need only explore the collections of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the Papers of William F. Cody to bear that out. Scrap craft fans corral their greeting cards, letters, […]
The countdown has begun for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s annual benefit gala, Patrons Ball on September 20. Touted as the “premier social event of the Northern Rockies,” the Ball has all the trappings of an extraordinary evening: food, fun, and friends—and all for a worthy cause. The black-tie affair began in 1977. A short paragraph […]