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.

Peterlongo Pinfire Revolving Rifle. Gift of Neal P. McKinstry. 2002.23.1

Treasures from Our West: Pinfire revolving rifle

February 17, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 In 1835, French gunsmith Casimir LeFaucheux patented the pinfire cartridge to provide a faster and safer method of inserting cartridges into […]

Serigraph poster, Yellowstone National Park Transportation Company coach. Ludwig Hohlwein, Munich, H. Schuh and Cie, printers, ca. 1910. Gift of Clyde S. Erskine and Helen E. Erskine. 1.69.1836 (detai)

From Cody to Canyon – Points West Online

February 14, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Adapted from an article originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 1997 From Cody to Canyon By Frances B. ClymerFormer Librarian, McCracken Research Library Ed. note: Yellowstone National Park […]

Treasures from Our West: Man and Woman Sign Talking by Winold Reiss

February 13, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 Winold Reiss was a German born artist, who immigrated to the United States in 1913. He had studied fine art at […]

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, Prince Albert I of Monaco with Buffalo Bill in Cody

February 10, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2013 When Prince Albert I of Monaco visited the United States in 1913, he traveled through large cities like New York, Chicago, […]

Palette knife from W.H.D. Koerner Studio Collection. 3.78.65.7

W.H.D. Koerner – Points West Online

February 7, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2002 W.H.D. Koerner: “In My Mind’s Eye,” An Artist’s Approach By Julie Coleman TachickFormer Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Western Art Museum “I try […]

Barbed wire samples, ca. 1880 – 1920. Part of a collection of some sixty pieces. Gift of Nick Eggenhofer. 1.69.467.1

Treasures from Our West: Barbed wire samples

February 6, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 Few inventions more profoundly altered the appearance of the American landscape—and the contours of western history—than barbed wire. In 1874, Joseph […]