Ryan Hodges
August 14, 2015
Go West, Young Man: An Intern Following His Dream
[I am] Going back west of the Mississippi and spending my pile out there in the country which an American statesman once…
July 31, 2015
Got Records? A Walk through Record Retrieval at the Cody Firearms Museum
Firearms are great artifacts and collectors items due to their recorded history in factory records and archives. Here is a take on…
July 24, 2015
Shooting Stars: Firearms as Central Characters
I am sure many readers of this blog series are fans of the Western genre of film, or have at least seen…
July 17, 2015
Slapping Leather: Handgun and Holster History
One of the most prominent myths of the American frontier is that everyone was perpetually armed with a gun. This was not…
July 10, 2015
Safety First! Educational Firearms as Teaching Tools
Hands-on educational firearms program Lock, Stock, & Barrel combines history and safety in an interactive program at the Cody Firearms Museum. Part…
July 3, 2015
The Forgotten Winchester: Make Your Own Tall Tale
The Great Basin Winchester ’73 The hot topic of the past few days here at the Cody Firearms Museum has been the…