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.

Herbert G. Houze, Curator Emeritus of the Winchester Arms Collection and the Cody Firearms Museum. Courtesy photo.

Herbert G. Houze named Curator Emeritus for Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum

May 19, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Please note: Herbert Houze was named Curator Emeritus in 2016; he passed away in 2019. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, has named Herbert G. Houze […]

Treasures from Our West: William F. Cody’s formal coat

May 18, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2015 Although often depicted wearing the buckskin garb of the American Frontier, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody also owned and wore some […]

The construction site of the Irma Hotel with the completed western wall braced with timbers, 1901. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.6.871

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of Irma Hotel under construction

May 14, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2015 Readers of Points West, area residents, and visitors to Cody can hardly miss the famous Irma Hotel located in downtown Cody. […]

Buffalo Bill Center of the West, spring 2016

Trip Advisor taps Buffalo Bill Center of the West as best Wyoming museum

May 11, 2016 by Nancy McClure

FlipKey, a TripAdvisor company, has announced its list of the nation’s Top Museums Worth Traveling For—including its No.1 pick for Wyoming: the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. “Whether you’re […]

Treasures from Our West: “Appeal to the Great Spirit” by Cyrus E. Dallin

May 11, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2015 Born in Springfield, Utah, in 1861, Cyrus E. Dallin spent his childhood among the Paiute and Ute Indians. There he developed […]

The Nature of Spring in Yellowstone Country – Points West Online

May 8, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2002 The Nature of Spring in Yellowstone Country By Dr. Charles R. PrestonWillis McDonald IV Senior Curator, Draper Natural History Museum There […]