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.

The "Flamboyant Fraternity": left to right, Elisha P. Green, James Butler Hickok, William F. Cody, John B. "Texas Jack" Omohundro, and Eugene Overton, 1873. R.H. Furman photograph. Museum Purchase, Garlow Collection. P.6.908

Centennial History Contest winners

April 7, 2017 by Nancy McClure

In celebration of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s centennial year, the Center hosted a Centennial History Contest. The contest theme was Taking a Stand in History in the […]

Free symposium shares findings and recent advances in high elevation archaeology

April 3, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Along with scenic beauty, rugged terrain, and dramatic weather, landscapes at high elevation can tell us a great deal about the history and range of human occupation. On Thursday, May […]

PR Image: Cody Firearm Museum entrance, 2015. Photo by Nancy McClure.

Cody Firearms Museum’s “Arsenals of History” firearms symposium

March 29, 2017 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum brought international firearms experts and museum professionals to Cody, Wyoming, for a firearms symposium in July 2017, Arsenals of History: […]

The Great Equestrian Statue Race – Points West Online

March 27, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2007 The Great Equestrian Statue Race: Theodore Roosevelt and the Efforts to Memorialize Buffalo Bill By Jeremy JohnstonErnest J. Goppert Curator of […]

Treasures from Our West: Short-eared owl

March 25, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2016 Amelia, the short-eared owl The Draper Museum Raptor Experience added a short-eared owl to its ranks in 2016. Short-eared owls prey […]

Center of the West Centennial Year highlighted by symposia

March 24, 2017 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is celebrating its Centennial throughout 2017. Along with events, programs, and posts highlighting the past one hundred years and looking ahead to the […]