Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2019 Albert Bierstadt’s White Horse and Sunset Ah, steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear, alert as a flame, in your every fiber? Hearing the familiar song from above, all in one accord you strain your bronze […]
2020 Student Application Do you love where you live? Do you wish people knew more about Wyoming? Do you want to be on the radio? Are you a curious person? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then read on! The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Wyoming Public Radio are […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2017 Launching the Plains Indian Museum By Peter H. Hassrick, PhD One of the key milestones in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s hundred-year history is the addition of the Plains Indian Museum in 1979. As director at the time, Dr. Peter H. Hassrick has a unique perspective […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2016 The Tipi Blends Function and Elegance By Gene Ball From the Archives: Gene Ball, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s former education coordinator, penned this article in 1979. Note that the three words—tipi, tepee, and teepee—are virtually interchangeable; here at the Center of the West, we use […]
Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2012 Unmasking the Mysterious Major Burke By Chris Dixon Major John M. Burke first met William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in early September 1873. At the time, Burke managed the career of the Italian-born actress and dancer, Giuseppina Morlacchi. His client had just married John “Texas Jack” Omohundro, one […]
Taking that long-planned, bucket-list trip to Yellowstone? We here in Cody consider it “our” park, too! Spend a little time with us on your way to or from Yellowstone and join us for one of these great events. Plains Indian Museum Powwow The Plains Indian Museum Powwow the third full weekend in June—this year June […]