Centennial
Celebrate the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Centennial
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West celebrated its Centennial in 2017! Throughout 2017, we shared posts, images, and tidbits about the Center’s history. Take a look for some blasts from the past…
Our Centennial
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the consummate storyteller and enthusiastic student of history. More than a century ago, as his Wild West played in arenas around the world, Buffalo Bill contemplated his legacy. He dreamed of a new arena that would “teach people by seeing history.” For more than 100 years, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has nurtured Cody’s dream, teaching and sharing the West he loved. As we enter our second century, his dream continues to shape and define how the Center celebrates the Spirit of the American West.
Story Behind a Painting
This article was originally published in a winter 1977 Buffalo Bill Center of the West newsletter. A bugle-blowing cavalry charge to rescue…
The Remington Studio
Much of the western image in the public mind today was created in an artist’s studio in New Rochelle, New York. Frederice…
Buffalo Bill: Art Collector
This story was originally published by Richard Frost in a winter 1980 Buffalo Bill Center of the West newsletter. Col. William F….
A Charles M. Russell Letter
This piece was originally published in a winter 1976 Buffalo Bill Center of the West newsletter. The letters of Charles M. Russell…
Please, Mr. Custer
This article was originally published in a 1986 Center of the West newsletter and written by former curator Paul Fees. When you…
The Printing Press
This article was originally published in a 1983 Center of the West newsletter The most solid emblems of permanence in a western…