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.

Edgar S. Paxson's "Custer's Last Stand," 1899. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase. 19.69

Treasures from Our West: Edgar S. Paxson’s “Custer’s Last Stand”

June 27, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2008 Custer’s Last Stand painting and sketches by Edgar S. Paxson Edgar S. Paxson came to Montana in 1877, a year after […]

Treasures from Our West: wolverine

June 24, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2010 Wolverine specimen Perhaps no other North American mammal is shrouded in more mystery than the wolverine (Gulo gulo). A member of […]

Jack Richard photo, 1952. View of Heart Mountain Relocation Center barracks. MS 089 Jack Richard Photograph Collection. P.89.111.21236.05-N

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, mother and son at Heart Mountain Relocation Center

June 21, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2008 Jack Richard photograph of a mother and son at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center On August 12, 1942, the Heart Mountain […]

Powwow: The Evolving Tradition of Dance in Plains Indian Cultures – Points West Online

June 20, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 1999 Powwow: The Evolving Tradition of Dance in Plains Indian Cultures By Sara YoungFormer Plains Indian Museum Intern Dance has always played an important […]

Neil "Tall Eagle" Parsons (b. 1938). Red Bull Mask, 2008. Acrylic on paper. Gift of the artist. 45.09

Treasures from Our West: “Red Bull Mask” by Neil “Tall Eagle” Parsons

June 17, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2009 Neil “Tall Eagle” Parsons’s Red Bull Mask Artwork from the American West includes many diverse styles; the Center of the West’s […]

The War Bridle by Frederic Remington – Points West Online

June 14, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2013 The War Bridle by Frederic Remington By Peter H. HassrickFormer Buffalo Bill Center of the West Director Emeritus In early December 1909, Frederic […]