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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!


Harold McCracken on the schooner Morrissey, ca. 1928. MS 305 Harold McCracken Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. N198#F1253V (detail)
January 8, 2021

Alaska Man, Part 2 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2017 Alaska Man, Part 2 Click here to read part one… By Mary Robinson In part…

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Fig. 15: Bear Lake Camp. MS 305 Harold McCracken Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. N115#01990V (detail)
December 31, 2020

Alaska Man, Part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2017 Alaska Man, Part 1 By Mary Robinson “You’d take him for a schoolmaster, precisely like…

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December 18, 2020

Good news and bad news, Russell or Heikka? – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2018 Good news and bad news, Russell or Heikka? By Peter Hassrick, PhD The Buffalo Bill…

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Montana Bill performing live in Broncho Tom's Wild West Show, Vinegarhill (Gallowgate) Fairground, Glasgow, 1915. Courtesy Tom F. Cunningham at snbba.co.uk.
December 11, 2020

Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 Click here to read part 1… By…

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Wild West's Buck Taylor with the show's Indian encampment on Erostina Staten Island, ca. 1888. MS 006 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.201
December 4, 2020

Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2018 Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 1 By Tom F. Cunningham Wild West Echoes…

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Points West blog 291: Taylor Keen and his garden, before and after
November 25, 2020

Sacred Seeds: A Journey to the Past to Chart a New Future – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2020 Sacred Seeds: A Journey to the Past to Chart a New Future By Michaela Jones…

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