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.

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)

Treasures from Our West: Charles M. Russell Self-Portrait

January 4, 2019 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2018 Charles M. Russell Self-Portrait This self-portrait pictures artist Charles M. Russell at age thirty-six, striking a relaxed yet strong pose. Feet […]

Young cowboys from Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1886, posing with their guns and chaps. Original Buffalo Bill Museum collection. P.6.86

How Dress Worn in the West became Western – Points West Online

December 28, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2011 How Dress Worn in the West became Western By Laura Wilson, PhD American western style is known by some familiar materials and details […]

Finding the Real Frederic Remington – Points West Online

December 21, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2013 Finding the Real Frederic Remington By Peter H. Hassrick Back in the mid-1980s, the then-named Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, embarked […]

“True West” magazine and its readers honor Buffalo Bill Center of the West with “Best of the West” awards

December 14, 2018 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, has earned several top honors in True West magazine’s “Best of the West” awards for 2019. Of the five readers’ […]

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Draper Natural History Museum partners with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation on the Camp Monaco Prize.

Draper Natural History Museum seeks submissions for 2019 Camp Monaco Prize on Greater Yellowstone Biodiversity

December 10, 2018 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum announces a Call for Proposals for the 2019 Camp Monaco Prize. A joint project of the Draper Museum and […]

Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) specimen. DRA.305.37

Treasures from Our West: Black-footed Ferret Specimen

December 7, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2018 Black-footed Ferret Specimen If the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) could be summed up in one word it would be tenacious. Black-footed […]