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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.

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is pictured here in front of his personal Wild West tent on a not-so-windy day around 1905. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.953
May 23, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of William F. Cody in front of Wild West tent

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2008 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in front of Wild West tent In a…

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May 16, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Buffalo Bill’s shaving mug

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2009 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s shaving mug This shaving mug belonged to William…

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Saddle, ca. 1893, William Cody Boal Collection, 1.69.45
April 25, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Saddle

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2008 Saddle made for William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody This western saddle was made for…

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In this ca. 1886-1887 photograph, nine cowboys from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show are pictured in their western finery. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.86 (detail)
April 19, 2015

The Cowboy Scourge, an 1887 Commentary – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2008 The Cowboy Scourge, an 1887 Commentary By Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye)New York World, October…

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April 9, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Poster of Chief Iron Tail

Originally published in Points West magazine in Fall 2007 Poster of Chief Iron Tail This poster is one of the most colorful and…

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Deadwood stagecoach, here pictured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, ca. 1900. Buffalo Bill claimed the coach was a refurbished stagecoach that had indeed been robbed on the Cheyenne - Deadwood route, later attacked by Indians, and then abandoned alongside the trail where he reclaimed it. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Strobel. P.6.59
March 31, 2015

Buffalo Bill’s fight against Wyoming’s outlaws, part 2 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2008 “We want them dead rather than alive” — Buffalo Bill’s fight against Wyoming’s outlaws, Part 2…

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