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.

Charles Belden photo of cowboys in front of the Eiffel Tower. P.67.1580 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: cowboys in Paris

April 16, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2007 Charles Belden photo of cowboys in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris According to Charles Belden, a photographer and rancher from […]

Lone Ranger's Colt Single Action Army Revolver; 2013.9.1

Buffalo Bill Center of the West acquires “Lone Ranger” John Hart’s pistol

April 15, 2014 by Nancy McClure

The “Hi Yo, Silver!” cry of the Lone Ranger is at once familiar to sixty-somethings who watched the television series as kids. Now, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West […]

C.M. Russell (1864-1926). "Cowboys from the Bar Triangle," 1904. Watercolor on paper, 11 x 16 inches. Gift of William E. Weiss. 59.72 (detail)

Remington and Russell present the Mythic Cowboy – Points West Online

April 13, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1997 Remington and Russell present the Mythic Cowboy By Ann Reynolds CrowellGuest Author Charles Marion Russell and Frederic Sackrider Remington are widely recognized purveyors of […]

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West poster featuring the Deadwood Stagecoach, Weiners Litho Co., 1905, lithograph, 30 x 30 inches. Buffalo Bill Museum Purchase, Mary Jester Allen Fund. 1.69.6022

Treasures from Our West: “Attack of the Stagecoach” poster

April 11, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2007 Attaque De Le Diligence (Attack of the Stagecoach) poster Who could miss the message in this eye-catching poster? Produced by the Weiners Litho […]

George Catlin (1796-1872). "An 'Oak Opening', Mouth of the Platte, with a party of Indians playing on horseback," ca. 1855-1870. Oil on paperboard. Gift of Paul Mellon. 29.86

Thundering Hooves, Five Centuries of Horse Power in the American West – Points West Online

April 9, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1994 Thundering Hooves: Five Centuries of Horse Power in the American West By Emma I. HansenCurator, Plains Indian Museum Ed. note, 2014: this article refers to […]

James Bama's 'A Contemporary Sioux Indian,' 19.78

Treasures from Our West: Bama’s “A Contemporary Sioux Indian”

April 7, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2012 A Contemporary Sioux Indian by James Bama James Bama’s A Contemporary Sioux Indian is laden with narrative complexities. The painting’s subject, a […]