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.

Buffalo Bill and Wild West show Indians, San Francisco, California, along the beach near Cliff House, September 7–14, 1902. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.14

Cliff House Revealed – Points West Online

November 15, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2013 Cliff House Revealed By Mack Frost As a photographer, I constantly have to remind myself how lucky and honored I am to have […]

Buffalo Bill, with hand on wheel, and Major Burke, holding the first horse behind the coach, pictured with Wild West show personnel and the Deadwood Coach, ca. 1890. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.89

Unmasking the Mysterious Major Burke – Points West Online

November 8, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2012 Unmasking the Mysterious Major Burke By Chris Dixon Major John M. Burke first met William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in early September 1873. […]

A Treasure from Our West: White porcelain chamber pot from the Irma Hotel. 1.69.299

Treasures from Our West: Irma Hotel Chamber Pot

November 1, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2019 Irma Hotel Chamber Pot In the days before indoor plumbing, that thirty-yard dash through the inky dark to the outhouse to […]

One of Greater Yellowstone's "most wide-ranging wildlife," the pronghorn. C.R. Preston photo.

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Where Do We Draw the Lines? – Points West Online

October 25, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2016 The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Where Do We Draw the Lines? By Charles R. Preston, PhD For generations, many species of animals in the […]

Albert Bierstadt's White Horse and Sunset. 2.62 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Albert Bierstadt’s “White Horse and Sunset”

October 18, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2019 Albert Bierstadt’s White Horse and Sunset Ah, steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there […]

Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Italy, 1906. Garlow SB.SvnrPstl.05.04

Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, conclusion – Points West Online

October 11, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2015 A Leap But Not a Stretch: Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, conclusion By Mary Robinson & Robert W. Rydell One […]