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.

William R. Leigh (). "The Three Tetons," 1911. Oil on canvas. Gift of Michael Coleman (by exchange). 20.85

Margaret Murie: Sunlight Aura and Spine of Steel – Points West Online

February 12, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2003 Margaret Murie: Sunlight Aura and Spine of Steel By Valarie HammFormer Intern, Draper Natural History Museum Nestled in a log cabin in Grand […]

Firearms and the West gallery, Cody Firearms Museum.

Cody Firearms Museum celebrates its collection with an anniversary

February 8, 2021 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum, completely redesigned and renovated in 2019, includes about 4,200 firearms in its 40,000 square feet of exhibit space along with […]

J.P. Beck, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Kentucky long rifle, ca. 1800, .55 cal. Beck was one of the most renowned makers of Kentucky rifles during the so-called “Golden Age,” working between 1785 and 1811. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.1044

Favorite Firearms – Points West Online

February 5, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Favorite Firearms A number of firearms experts, scholars, enthusiasts, and Buffalo Bill Center of the West staffers are more than a little familiar […]

“Fishing Cone.” Fishing cone hot spring, in the West thumb area of Yellowstone Lake, was once a geyser with eruptions as high as 40 feet. As water levels have risen in the lake, the once-active geyser has now fallen silent. What Lies Beneath: Exploring Yellowstone Lake’s Mysterious Vents / Photographs by Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Exhibition: What Lies Beneath

February 4, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Current exhibition Open April 24 – August 8, 2021, and again from…October 1, 2021 – May 1, 2022 What Lies Beneath: Exploring Yellowstone Lake’s Mysterious Vents documents the scientific expedition known […]

Charles Fritz painting at Traveler’s Rest, just west of Lolo, Montana, one of the camping sites of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. Photo courtesy Charles Fritz. (detail)

Charles Fritz: A Present-Day Artist on the Trail of Lewis and Clark – Points West Online

January 29, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2009 A Present-Day Artist on the Trail of Lewis and Clark By Christine C. Brindza It began with one historical painting about Captains Lewis […]

Lithograph, 1899: "Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of Rough Riders at San Juan Hill," July 2, 1898. Copyrighted 1899 by Kunz & Allison, 267-269 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 1.69.5750

Blacks in Army Blue – Points West Online

January 22, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Blacks in Army Blue: Early Depictions by Frederic Remington and William F. Cody By Dr. John Langellier John Langellier knows a thing or […]