Nancy McClure

In this view, tortoise shell handle covers are open to reveal the miniature tools contained in the compartments. Multi-bladed folding knife made in Germany ca. 1880 for John S. Holler, cutlery merchant, New York City 1867-1906. Cat. No. 1986.0101.03
November 19, 2014

Treasures from Our West… or rather, from the Smithsonian

Treasures from Our WestMulti-bladed folding knifeSmithsonian’s National Firearms Collection Although this object is not in our own collection, it is indeed a…

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Bull snake. NPS photo.
November 18, 2014

All That Slithers, Reptiles of the Greater Yellowstone Region – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2008 All that slithers is not so terrible after all: Reptiles of the Greater Yellowstone region…

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Thomas Jefferson's North African Miquelet Jezail (musket), 1789. L.373.2012.11

Smithsonian Firearms

Past Exhibition: Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian Cody Firearms Museum The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, an Affiliate of…

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November 16, 2014

Points West Online: A Gentlemen’s Agreement between Colt and Winchester? – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2003 A Gentlemen’s Agreement between Samuel Colt and Oliver Winchester? By Robert N. WhiteFormer Curatorial Assistant, Cody Firearms…

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November 15, 2014

Treasures from Our West: William F. Cody’s Congressional Medal of Honor

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2007 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Congressional Medal of Honor Only a handful of…

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"Bringing the Cedar - Arikara." Photogravure facing page 82, from Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian, Vol. 5, 1909. Call number RB TR647.C87 1909. McCracken Research Library.
November 14, 2014

Edward S. Curtis

Past Exhibition Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian Closed at the Center in 2015Travels periodically to select Wyoming libraries Edward S….

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