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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.

February 25, 2016

Treasures from Our West: The “Flamboyant Fraternity”

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 Photograph: The “Flamboyant Fraternity” of William F. Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and friends…

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Annie Oakley on Long Island, New York, 1922. Gift of Dorothy Stone Collins. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.415 (detail)
February 21, 2016

Annie Oakley: Shooting Instructor – Points West Online

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 1998 By Christine HouzeFormer Curatorial Assistant, Buffalo Bill Museum Ed. note: The source materials…

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George Beck's House of Representatives chair, ca. 1856. 1.69.2163
February 20, 2016

Treasures from Our West: House of Representatives Chair

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 James Burnie Beck’s chair from the House of Representatives A few treasures from…

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February 10, 2016

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

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2013 When Prince Albert I of Monaco visited the United States in 1913, he…

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Barbed wire samples, ca. 1880 – 1920. Part of a collection of some sixty pieces. Gift of Nick Eggenhofer. 1.69.467.1
February 6, 2016

Treasures from Our West: Barbed wire samples

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 Few inventions more profoundly altered the appearance of the American landscape—and the contours…

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Buffalo Bill and eight Indian scouts, ca. 1886. Anderson Cabinet photograph. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.1800 (detai)
January 31, 2016

A Seasonal Look at Buffalo Bill – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2002 A Seasonal Look at Buffalo Bill By Juti A. WinchesterFormer Curator, Buffalo Bill…

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