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.

A Treasure from Our West:: Conestoga wagon model. 1.69.1796

Treasures from Our West: Conestoga wagon model

October 14, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2011 Model of a Conestoga wagon This Conestoga wagon was made by the donor Nick Eggenhofer, a well-known western artist who immigrated […]

The Irma Hotel in 1908. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.0726

The Irma Hotel – Points West Online

October 11, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West in Fall 1998 The Irma: “Just the Swellest Hotel That Ever Happened” Joanita Monteith, Guest Author Ed. note: information in the following article was drawn […]

Treasures from Our West: American bison

October 10, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2012 American bison There is no more fitting icon to represent the Spirit of the American West or the Buffalo Bill Center […]

Zane Grey rifle, 1917. Donated in Loving Memory of Robert Jesse Moore by his family. 1991.1.1

Treasures from Our West: Zane Grey rifle

October 7, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2011 Winchester Sporting Rifle made for Zane Grey One of the most lavishly embellished firearms in the Cody Firearms Museum is Zane […]

Firearms Resources at the McCracken Research Library

October 5, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Shots Heard Round the World Firearms Resources at the McCracken Research Library To view this content as a PDF, click here. Dedicated to documenting the history of the American West […]

Joseph Henry Sharp’s Monotypes – Points West Online

October 4, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West in Fall 1996 Joseph Henry Sharp’s Monotypes: On the Cutting Edge Marie Watkins, Guest Author In the late nineteenth century American artists rediscovered the monotype […]