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.

Treasures from Our West: Billy Howell’s Cowboy Boots

July 8, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2009 Billy Howell’s Justin cowboy boots with crossed sabres design These black leather Justin cowboy boots sport the “Crossed Sabres” brand of […]

William Ranney (1813-1857). "The Prairie Burial," 1848. Gift of Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran. 3.97 (detail)

A Portrayal of Sorrow by William Ranney – Points West Online

July 5, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1997 A Portrayal of Sorrow by William Ranney By Sarah E. BoehmeFormer Curator, Whitney Western Art Museum William Tylee Ranney’s painting The Prairie Burial chronicles the […]

Kentucky flintlock long rifle. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.876

Treasures from Our West: “Kentucky” flintlock long rifle

July 4, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2010 Kentucky flintlock long rifle This long rifle is generally known as a Kentucky flintlock rifle, but it was made in Pennsylvania—as […]

The Winchester 1873 propped against a juniper tree in Great Basin National Park where it went undiscovered for 132 years.

Forgotten Winchester visits the Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum

July 2, 2015 by Nancy McClure

UPDATE, 10.19.2015: The Great Basin gun is no longer on display at the Center of the West, and went home to Great Basin National Park. Click here for a video […]

Ghost Dance shirt, Arapaho, ca. 1890. Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Gift of Searle Family Trust and the Paul Stock Foundation. NA.204.5

Treasures from Our West: Ghost dance shirt

July 1, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2009 Arapaho Ghost Dance dress, ca. 1890 In March 2007, the first Plains Indian Museum “Treasure” in Points West was a Ghost Dance dress. […]

Sam Colt and Henry Ford: Industrialists with Vision – Points West Online

June 28, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2003 Sam Colt and Henry Ford: Industrialists with Vision By Maryanne S. AndrusFormer Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston Curator of Education Social histories of […]