Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

Paul Manship's Indian and Pronghorn. 3.89AB

Treasures from Our West: Indian and Pronghorn Antelope by Paul Manship

August 15, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2010 Depicting a hunting scene, Indian and Pronghorn Antelope by Paul Manship stands out from other works of the same subject. The […]

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

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

August 12, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2009 On the Trail of a Bear Named Wahb: Two Professors on a Bear Hunt By Jeremy JohnstonCurator of the Buffalo Bill Museum […]

Saddle that belonged to Theodore Roosevelt. 1.69.2641 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Theodore Roosevelt’s saddle

August 12, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2010 Theodore Roosevelt’s saddle In addition to the personal artifacts of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody housed in the Buffalo Bill Museum, […]

Fig. 7: The Reservation House is part of the 2000 reinstallation.

Adversity and Renewal – Points West Online

August 8, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 Adversity and Renewal By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum A long time ago my father told me what his father […]

Treasures from Our West: Bobcat

August 8, 2015 by Nancy McClure

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 region. It ranges across North America from southern […]

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

August 3, 2015 by Nancy McClure

True West magazine has named the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, as its 2015 Top Western Museum. Each year, the publication recognizes those institutions that best […]