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A Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear. National Park Service photo by Jim Peaco, 2005.
August 12, 2015

On the Trail of a Bear Named Wahb – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2009 On the Trail of a Bear Named Wahb: Two Professors on a Bear Hunt…

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Saddle that belonged to Theodore Roosevelt. 1.69.2641 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Theodore Roosevelt’s saddle

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2010 Theodore Roosevelt’s saddle In addition to the personal artifacts of William F. “Buffalo…

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Fig. 7: The Reservation House is part of the 2000 reinstallation.
August 8, 2015

Adversity and Renewal – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 Adversity and Renewal By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum A long time…

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Bobcat specimen. DRA.305.137

Treasures from Our West: Bobcat

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2011 The secretive bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a common, widespread, but seldom-seen resident of the Greater Yellowstone…

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August 3, 2015

True West names Buffalo Bill Center of the West the “Best Western Museum”

True West magazine has named the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, as its 2015 Top Western Museum. Each…

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"Captain Jack" Crawford in Panama, 1912. MS 322 John Wallace Crawford Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.322.0255 (detail)
August 1, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of “Captain Jack” Crawford in Panama

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2009 “Captain Jack” Crawford in Panama The Panama Canal may seem far from the American West—in…

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