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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.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's The Scout
March 27, 2017

The Great Equestrian Statue Race – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2007 The Great Equestrian Statue Race: Theodore Roosevelt and the Efforts to Memorialize Buffalo…

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A Treasure from Our West: Woodblock engraved print, Calhoun Printing Company, 1885. Museum purchase. 1.69.6148
January 28, 2017

Treasures from Our West: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West “Cowboys & Indians” poster

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2016 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West “Cowboys & Indians” poster Buffalo Bill’s Wild West effectively…

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Black and white photograph by Spandau & Coultry, Chicago, IL. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.6.845
October 23, 2016

Treasures from Our West: Showmen’s League of America Photograph

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2016 Photograph, Showmen’s League of America’s 1st Annual Ball It looks like a swanky…

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Last known photograph of Buffalo Bill, here pictured with his physician, Dr. Crook, standing outside Stone Bath House, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 1917. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.999
September 10, 2016

Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody, part 4 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2006 Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody: Mirrored through a Glass Darkly, part 4…

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Buffalo Bill poster with scenes from his life—and famous friends, 1895. 1.69.169
September 6, 2016

Papers staff delves deeper in the life of William F. Cody at Center of the West

At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Papers of William F. Cody—an archive of the life and…

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Buffalo Bill and Mark Twain. (BB - P.69.544)
September 3, 2016

Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody, part 3 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2006 Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody: Mirrored through a Glass Darkly, part 3…

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