Nancy McClure

The bison, an icon of the American West, is a main attraction of the Greater Yellowstone Region. Photo by Sean Campbell.
October 26, 2018

Natural History? Natural Destiny! – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2002 Natural History? Natural Destiny! By Wally ReberFormer Associate Director In their way, our collections have…

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(Fig. 1, L–R) Note the various locales providing plant materials used in these baskets. NA.106.800, split yucca (Pueblo, southwest U.S., ca. 1930). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris A. Thompson. | NA.106.463, cedar (Salish, Pacific Northwest, ca. 1900). | NA.106.464, birch (Ojibway [Chippewa], Great Lakes and southeast Canada, ca. 1920). | NA.106.597, willow (Iñupiat, Arctic Alaska, 20th century). Simplot Collection. Gift of J.R. Simplot. | NA.506.54, split sedge root and split bracken fern or bulrush root (Pomo, California, undated). Dr. Robert L. Anderson Collection.
October 19, 2018

Examining Native American Basketry in the Studio Collections of Three Artists – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 Authenticity in Western American Paintings: Examining Native American Basketry in the Studio Collections of Three…

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October 12, 2018

A Public Monument: Theodore Roosevelt, “Rough Rider” – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2008 A Public Monument: Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider By Stuart GunnFormer Assistant Registrar, Whitney Western Art…

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Winchester Model 1873, “1 of 1000,” ca. 1875. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.181
October 8, 2018

Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum launches major reload

The Cody Firearms Museum (CFM) at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West knows a thing or two about reloading—guns and rifle…

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October 5, 2018

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, William F. Cody visiting at John S. Bell home

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2017 Photograph, William F. Cody visiting at the home John S. Bell, former chief…

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Even in his route book/program, Buffalo Bill promoted the Shoshone Irrigation Company and "Homes in the Big Horn Basin." MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. MS6.6.A.4.9.1.01b (detail)
September 28, 2018

Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2008 Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes By Jack RosenthalGuest Author As any…

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