The years following World War I were not kind to the Winchester Repeating Arms, Co. The loans taken out during the war to expand their facilities were now due, and […]
McCracken Research Library
Find out what goes on in the Center of the West's McCracken Research Library and get an insider's look at the incredible photographs, archives, and manuscripts housed and processed by the library's staff—who are still making some amazing finds within the collections.
Pearl Harbor Attacked! United States Declares War on Japan!
December 7, 1941, in the early morning hours aboard Ford Island, Hawaii, sailors and Marines stood at morning muster when the buzz of airplanes cut the air. In a blink, […]
Points West Online: Will James & Me—New Books at the McCracken
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Will James & Me: New Books at the McCracken By Eric Rossborough Will James was an author who brought the West to life […]
Museum Minute: A Postcard to Charles Russell
It’s normal for librarians at the McCracken Research Library to find postcards, photos and other pieces of paper tucked away in a book. But it isn’t every day that you […]
The Yanks Are Coming: The Great War and Winchester Repeating Arms
The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, for a century now we have worn poppies, lighted lanterns, and recited such solemn lyrics as Flanders’s Field, all […]
Museum Minute: A Letter Stops A Robbery
The McCracken Research Library is a local history library not only a library specializing in all things Buffalo Bill. And the Cody area is not lacking interesting stories of the […]