Culture

Henry Howard Bagg (1852-1928). Buffalo Bill's TE Ranch, ca. 1910. Southwest of Cody, Wyoming, along the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Museum purchase, Garlow Collection. 150.69
August 6, 2025

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…

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July 22, 2025

Scout, Warrior, Witness: The Legacy of White Man Runs Him

A Feathered Legacy On display in the Plains Indian Museum visitors will find a feather bonnet that once belonged to a revered…

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July 8, 2025

Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train

Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…

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An Unsung Hero of Firearms Manufacturing

Following the American Civil War, large scale firearms manufacturing companies Winchester, Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Remington drove demand by creating niche…

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June 30, 2025

Brushstrokes of a Nation: Golden Gate, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran’s “Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park,” 1893. 4.75…

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June 24, 2025

Buffalo Bill’s Greatest Prop: The Storied Ride of the Deadwood Coach

There’s an old yellow stagecoach sitting in the Buffalo Bill Museum at the Center of the West that once rumbled through rugged…

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