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Welcome to Points West Online. In this blog we share articles from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's print magazine, Points West. Enjoy the full range of topics related to the West as we post stories from recent issues, and even delve into the archives from the past twenty years. And if you're interested in receiving a printed copy of our magazine going forward, join our membership program—it's one of the benefits!

New York's Park Theatre (foreground) and environ, ca. 1830. Wikipedia.

Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? – Points West Online

February 19, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2015 Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? By Sandra K. Sagala The controversy over the film The Interview (2014), in which North Korea […]

William R. Leigh (). "The Three Tetons," 1911. Oil on canvas. Gift of Michael Coleman (by exchange). 20.85

Margaret Murie: Sunlight Aura and Spine of Steel – Points West Online

February 12, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2003 Margaret Murie: Sunlight Aura and Spine of Steel By Valarie HammFormer Intern, Draper Natural History Museum Nestled in a log cabin in Grand […]

J.P. Beck, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Kentucky long rifle, ca. 1800, .55 cal. Beck was one of the most renowned makers of Kentucky rifles during the so-called “Golden Age,” working between 1785 and 1811. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.1044

Favorite Firearms – Points West Online

February 5, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Favorite Firearms A number of firearms experts, scholars, enthusiasts, and Buffalo Bill Center of the West staffers are more than a little familiar […]

Charles Fritz painting at Traveler’s Rest, just west of Lolo, Montana, one of the camping sites of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. Photo courtesy Charles Fritz. (detail)

Charles Fritz: A Present-Day Artist on the Trail of Lewis and Clark – Points West Online

January 29, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2009 A Present-Day Artist on the Trail of Lewis and Clark By Christine C. Brindza It began with one historical painting about Captains Lewis […]

Lithograph, 1899: "Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of Rough Riders at San Juan Hill," July 2, 1898. Copyrighted 1899 by Kunz & Allison, 267-269 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 1.69.5750

Blacks in Army Blue – Points West Online

January 22, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Blacks in Army Blue: Early Depictions by Frederic Remington and William F. Cody By Dr. John Langellier John Langellier knows a thing or […]

Portrait of a cougar, mountain lion, puma, Winter mountains

Seldom Seen: Elusive Predators of Yellowstone Country – Points West Online

January 15, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2019–2020 Seldom Seen: Elusive Predators of Yellowstone Country By Mark Davis Bill Hackney was driving on Muddy Mountain near Casper, Wyoming, when something odd caught his […]