Nancy McClure

September 24, 2016

Separating Women’s and Men’s Roles on the Oregon Frontier – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2003 When the Wagons Came to a Halt: Separating Women’s and Men’s Roles on…

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Horse drawn wagons loaded with wool in downtown Cody, Wyoming, 1910. F.J. Hiscock photo. MS 089 Jack Richard Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. PN.89.110.21178.04
September 21, 2016

Center of the West announces launch of “Historic Downtown Cody” on TravelStorys Mobile App

With the likes of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his cohorts as town founders, it’s no surprise that Cody, Wyoming, has…

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Man's Shirt. Austin Box, Southern Ute, Security, Colorado, 1989. Tanned deer hide, pre-1880 glass beads, seam binding, ermine, dyed porcupine quills, commercial dyes, nylon thread. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss. NA.202.1007
September 17, 2016

What Do We Call Art (Which Happens to be Indian)? – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2004 What Do We Call Art (Which Happens to be Indian)? Rebecca S. WestCurator of Plains…

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Cody, Wyoming's main street. MS 5 Cody Local History Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.5.1470
September 12, 2016

Banker and historian join forces to publish a history of banking in Cody

The Rock of Main Street Dick Scarlett knows a thing or two about banking, and Paul Fees knows a thing or two…

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Last known photograph of Buffalo Bill, here pictured with his physician, Dr. Crook, standing outside Stone Bath House, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 1917. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.999
September 10, 2016

Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody, part 4 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2006 Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody: Mirrored through a Glass Darkly, part 4…

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Buffalo Bill poster with scenes from his life—and famous friends, 1895. 1.69.169
September 6, 2016

Papers staff delves deeper in the life of William F. Cody at Center of the West

At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Papers of William F. Cody—an archive of the life and…

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