Nancy McClure

Chasing butterflies with nets outstretched.
March 19, 2021

Fields of Discovery – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2009 Fields of Discovery Ed. note: This article shares the story of a past series of…

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Fig. 7: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show cast and personnel, Earl's Court, London, England, May 1887. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.205
March 11, 2021

Finding Frank – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Finding Frank By Jennifer R. Henneman In a previous Points West Online article, readers took…

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Greater sage-grouse habitat exhibit in the Draper Natural History Museum
March 8, 2021

BBCW Youth Advisors awarded environmental project grant from Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution has awarded $500 to the Youth Advisory Board (a group of Cody High School students) at the Buffalo Bill…

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Kurz and Allison print. "Capture and Death of Sitting Bull," January 5, 1891. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC, 20540 USA. LC-DIG-pga-01896
March 4, 2021

Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him – Points West Online

Originally published in 1980 in the Center’s newsletter, and reprinted in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2015 Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him…

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William Ranney (1813-1857). "The Prairie Burial," 1848. Gift of Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran. 3.97 (detail)
February 26, 2021

Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2006 Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney By Sarah E. Boehme, PhDFormer Curator,…

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New York's Park Theatre (foreground) and environ, ca. 1830. Wikipedia.
February 19, 2021

Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2015 Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? By Sandra K. Sagala The controversy over the…

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