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.

R. Farrington Elwell (1874 – 1962). Pahaska Tepee Hunting Camp, 1904. Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 60 inches. Bequest in memory of Houx and Newell families. 12.64

Pahaska Tepee – Points West Online

April 3, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 1998 Pahaska Tepee: “The Gem of the Rockies” By Joanita Monteith, Guest Author Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Great […]

Philip McClinton and a California myotis rescued from the Center of the West in 2008. (detail)

Bats, Debunked and Demystified – Points West Online

March 27, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2009 Night Travelers Debunked and Demystified By Philip and Susan McClintonFormer Curatorial Assistant, Draper Natural History Museum One evening in August 2009, […]

Albertype of William Henry Jackson photo of "1st boat on Yellowstone Lake." U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871. Platte XXXV11. From the collection of Dr. Robert Enteen. WHJ-A.040

Yellowstone Discovered

March 22, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Past Exhibition Yellowstone Discovered: William Henry Jackson’s Lost Prints Reveal the Park for America This special exhibition, which recurs periodically at the Center, features a selection of rare Albertype photographs of […]

Shirt, ca. 1890. Ute, Northern Plains. Tanned deer hide, pigments, beads. Gift of Mr. J.C. Kid Nichols. NA.202.206 (detail)

The Arts and Culture of the Ute Indians – Points West Online

March 20, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2002 Mountain-Family-Spirit: The Arts and Culture of the Ute Indians By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum We don’t have a migration myth […]

L.A. Huffman (1854 – 1931). Cutting Out a Steer, undated. MS 100 L.A. Huffman Collection.

L.A. Huffman – Points West Online

March 13, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 1998 L.A. Huffman — Documenting the Old West By Nathan BenderFormal Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library Documenting the spirit and culture of […]

Treasures from Our West: “Dying Indian” by Charles Cary Rumsey

February 29, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2013 Charles Cary Rumsey’s Dying Indian portrays a slouched Native American male atop a starving pony. The subject matter may seem familiar […]