Social Studies
John Colter: America’s First Mountain Man
The Dawn of Westward Expansion Most historians agree that westward expansion began in 1783 when the Treaty of Paris gave our fledgling…
A Fleeting Season: Indian Summer in History and Art
First Use of “Indian Summer” In 1778 in his collection of essays called Letters from an American Farmer, French immigrant St. John…
Yankee-Mania: The Wild West Invades London
A Transatlantic Debut With much fanfare and “Yankee-mania,” Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show debuted in London, England on May 9, 1887,…
The TE Ranch in American Memory
A Window into the West Just outside the Coe Auditorium at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West hangs an iconic painting…
An Ordinary Man, an Extraordinary Legacy: Audie Murphy and the Colt Bisley
I may be branded by war, but I will not be defeated by it.” ― Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back Audie Murphy’s 1905…
Buffalo Brief: Prepping Wildlife Skeletons for Display
Editor’s Note: This story includes descriptions and images of preparing an animal skeleton, and might be a little graphic for some readers….