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Our Buffalo Bill Museum is our flagship and has rich stories to tell not only about William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s own personal history as a western man, scout, actor, showman, and entrepreneur, but also of the times in which he lived, his legacy, and the myth of the West. This blog shares Points West articles about or related to Buffalo Bill.

Original Buffalo Bill Museum. MS 228 Buffalo Bill Museum Photographs Collection, McCracken Research Library. PN.228.068
February 2, 2018

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, Buffalo Bill’s family at construction site of first Buffalo Bill Museum

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2017 Photograph: Buffalo Bill’s family at construction site of first Buffalo Bill Museum Seven…

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The Cody Railroad Station, ca. 1930s. MS3 Charles Belden Collection. Gift of Mrs. Verna Belden. PN.67.426f
January 19, 2018

Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 2 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 2 Read part 1 By Jeremy M. JohnstonCurator of…

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The Shoshone Project in Wyoming, ca. 1910. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC, 20540 USA. LC-F82-724
January 12, 2018

Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2013 Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 1 Read part 2 By Jeremy M. JohnstonCurator of…

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Cody's expedition to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon halted on this volcanic slope near Flagstaff to take a rest and enjoy the view in winter 1892. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.1094 (detail)
November 17, 2017

William F. Cody’s North Rim Adventure – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2003 “God Bless the Hands That Made Them Custard Pies”: William F. Cody’s North Rim Adventure…

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Buffalo Bill and the Wild West visited Wanamaker's Department Store in Philadelphia, and posed for the camera, probably in 1908. Store employees were intrigued by these unique customers. Gift of Gilbert Patten. P.69.1243.7
September 29, 2017

Cody and Wanamaker: The Foundation of American Indian Citizenship – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2003 Cody and Wanamaker: The Foundation of American Indian Citizenship By Katrina KrupickaFormer Intern, Buffalo Bill…

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August 18, 2017

Center of the West’s curator of Buffalo Bill Museum and western history earns PhD

It’s safe to say that Jeremy Johnston—a former history professor at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, and now Curator of Western History…

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