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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!


Today, a twisted skeleton beached on Stevenson Island is all that remains of the “E.C. Waters”
March 27, 2014

Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 3 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2008 Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 3 By Lee Whittlesey In the past…

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Superintendent P.W. Norris with the first wagon into the Upper Geyser Basin, 1878. NPS photo.
March 25, 2014

Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 2 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2008 Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 2 By Lee Whittlesey In part…

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Sunrise, Eagle Bay. One can only imagine what early trappers, prospectors, and explorers thought when they first set eyes on Yellowstone Lake. Jan Wood-Krier photo.
March 23, 2014

Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 1 – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2007 Byways, boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Lake in history, part 1 By Lee Whittlesey Editor’s note: In the first…

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Mummy Cave excavation, 1963-1964. MS 29 Mummy Cave Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.29.503
March 21, 2014

Yellowstone National Park and Park County, Wyoming, Photographers – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2001 Yellowstone National Park and Park County, Wyoming, Photographers By Nathan BenderFormer Curator, McCracken Research Library Yellowstone…

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March 11, 2014

Scots in Wyoming – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2010 Scots in Wyoming By Jeremy Johnston and Chris Dixon Dol siar . . . heading…

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In the summer of 1988, scenes like this ground fire at the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park were alarmingly common. Deanna Marie Dulen, NPS photo. (detail)
March 10, 2014

Yellowstone’s Burning Issue: The Fires 20 Years Later – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2008 Yellowstone’s Burning Issue: The Fires 20 Years Later By Charles R. Preston, PhD Twenty years ago, raging…

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