Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy now does Grants & Foundations Relations for the Center of the West's Development Department, but was formerly the Content Producer for the Center's Public Relations Department, where her work included writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter Western Wire. Her current job is seeking and applying for funding from government grants and private foundations. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

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)

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

September 28, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2008 Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes By Jack RosenthalGuest Author As any entrepreneur is sure to attest, the challenges of […]

"A new scout on the old trail" with "Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack [Omohundro], Kit Carson, California Joe, [and] Dan'l Boone," June 5, 1912. LC-DIG-ppmsca-27847

Wit Larded with Malice*: The Satire of “Puck” Magazine – Points West Online

September 21, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2015 Wit Larded with Malice*: The Satire of Puck Magazine *Quote from Shakespeare about satire. Unless otherwise noted, all images are from Puck magazine, […]

"Daybed" (1998) by Custom Leather and Saddlery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. [Please note, image in print magazine was split across a two-page spread; alignment here slightly flawed.] 1.69.5754

Cody Style – Points West Online

September 14, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2001 “Cody Style” Ed. note: a look back at a 2001 exhibition of western decorative arts, which have ties to By Western […]

Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902). "The Last of the Buffalo," ca. 1888. Oil on canvas. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase. 2.60

Center of the West Bierstadt exhibition set to close September 30

September 7, 2018 by Nancy McClure

If this summer’s visitors to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are any indication, nineteenth-century artist Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) has a whole new following. This fall, the Center’s exhibition […]

Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860–1950). Q Street Buffalo, 1912 (date copyright). Bronze. Gorham Co. New York Founders. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA. Gift of A. Phimister Proctor Museum with special thanks to Sandy and Sally Church. 2.16.2. Photograph by William J. O'Connor.

Treasures from Our West: “Q Street Buffalo” by Alexander Phimister Proctor

September 7, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2017 Q Street Buffalo by Alexander Phimister Proctor In 2016, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West accepted a remarkable gift of […]

Portion of the letterhead of Crawford's Alaska Prospecting and Mining Corporation, December 15, 1898. MS 322 John Wallace Crawford Collection. MS322.03.09.06

The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford – Points West Online

August 31, 2018 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2009 The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford From this “Treasures from our West” post from a while back, our website visitors will no doubt recall […]