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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.

The New York Times reported that the citizens of Paterson, New Jersey, found this Wild West poster of outlaws attacking a train too graphic. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pioneer Exhibition, 1907. Poster, 108 x 159.5 inches. Courier Company lithograph, Buffalo, New York. Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection. 1.69.540
March 31, 2015

Buffalo Bill’s fight against Wyoming’s outlaws, part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2008 “We want them dead rather than alive” — Buffalo Bill’s fight against Wyoming’s outlaws, Part 1…

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Hand-colored photograph by Paolo Salviati of Buffalo Bill and Indian members of the Wild West cast in Venice, April 1890. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.822 (detail)
March 21, 2015

Treasures from Our West: photograph, Buffalo Bill and Wild West cast members in Venice

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2012 Buffalo Bill and Wild West cast members in a gondola in Venice As our…

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Poster, 1888. Mary Jester Allen Acquisition fund purchase. 1.69.6354
March 15, 2015

Printing—19th century style… Buffalo Bill’s posters – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 By Mike Parker When the Buffalo Bill Center of the West acquired a poster commemorating…

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Printing press area, Buffalo Bill Museum
March 14, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Babcock printing press

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2012 Babcock drum cylinder printing press William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody is thought to be…

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Agate brooch given to Mrs. William F. Cody, i.e. Louisa Cody, and featuring a coach and four, ca. 1890. Hand-carved, 1 x .75 inches. Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection. 1.69.335
March 4, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Agate brooch, Louisa Cody

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2008 Louisa Cody’s agate brooch Louisa Cody wore this fine agate brooch for many…

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Trick riding was always a big part of the Wild West. Four-color lithograph, ca. 1907. The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati, OH, and New York, NY. 1.69.2701 (detail)
February 14, 2015

Buffalo Bill’s Wild Cowgirl Falls in Love – Points West Online

Originally published in the New York Journal, April 3, 1898and in Points West magazine, Summer 2010 A Romance of the Congress of…

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