Nancy McClure

Carl Preussl (1894 – 1951), Old Faithful, 1929. Oil on canvas, 34.125 x 24.125 inches. Designated purchase with donations from the Arlington Gallery, Dr. and Mrs. Van Kirke Nelson and Family, Thomas and Shannon Nygard, and William E. Weiss Fund. 3.01 (detail)
March 24, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Preussl’s “Old Faithful”

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2008 Carl Preussl’s Old Faithful At home in Chicago, German-born painter Carl Conrad Preussl (1894…

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Sunrise, Eagle Bay. One can only imagine what early trappers, prospectors, and explorers thought when they first set eyes on Yellowstone Lake. Jan Wood-Krier photo.
March 23, 2014

Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2007 Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 1 By Lee Whittlesey Editor’s note: In the first…

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Mummy Cave excavation, 1963-1964. MS 29 Mummy Cave Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.29.503
March 21, 2014

Yellowstone National Park and Park County, Wyoming, Photographers – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2001 Yellowstone National Park and Park County, Wyoming, Photographers By Nathan BenderFormer Curator, McCracken Research Library Yellowstone…

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A photograph along with Kathy Wipfler's sketch and final painting of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, 2006. 9.07 and 10.07
March 20, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Wipfler’s “Lower Falls of the Yellowstone”

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2008 Lower Falls of the Yellowstone by Kathy Wipfler More than one hundred years after…

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Harry Jackson, "Untitled," 1948. Oil on canvas. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 5.99
March 19, 2014

Buffalo Bill Center of the West celebrated Harry Jackson’s 90th birthday with a temporary exhibition

Past Exhibition The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, created an exhibit that honored western artist Harry Jackson (1924…

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Grizzly bear exhibit, Draper Natural History Museum
March 13, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Grizzly bear 104’s cub

Originally featured in Points West in March 2008 Grizzly Bear 104’s Last Offspring In the spring of 2001, famous Grizzly Bear Number…

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