Reporting from the Center of the West

ThroughWyoming Public Media logo a creative collaboration between the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Wyoming Public Media, Multimedia Journalist Kamila Kudelska reports about the American West from Cody, Wyoming. Her stories—which include blog posts, audio, and video—can be heard on Wyoming Public Radio, and are also found on Wyoming Public Media’s website as well as right here on the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s website.

This unique partnership is made possible through the generosity of the Hal R. and Naoma J. Tate Foundation.

Below, explore Kamila’s fascinating stories on contemporary issues in the American West along with its art, history, culture, and much more. She’s on the scene…

…Reporting from the Center of the West.


MM: 1887 Frontier Revolver, Tom Tobin. 2003.10.1 (detail)
November 21, 2019

Museum Minute: A Bounty Hunter

Tom Tobin was a mountain man and bounty hunter in the late 1800s in Southern Colorado. He is most known for killing…

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Left to right: Max Wilde, D.W. DeFoe, J. L. Wheeler, Ty Cobb, Tom Yawkey. Max Wilde was the guide, DeFoe and Wheeler were clients, Cobb was also a client but a baseball superstar and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Tom Yawkey was owner of the Boston Red Sox. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.609 (detail)
November 15, 2019

Museum Minute: The Cody Red Sox

Did you ever think that Cody had a connection with the Boston Red Sox? Well, it turns out there is a connection. …

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Sunbonnet, Dakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1900. Tanned deer hide, dyed porcupine quills, glass beads, canvas, silk ribbons. Plains Indian Museum Collection. NA.202.94 (detail)
November 11, 2019

Museum Minute: Preserving Objects

Museums carry objects that unfortunately are not meant to last forever. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, said a…

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October 31, 2019

Museum Minute: A French Artist with a Passion for the American West

Rosa Bonheur was a famous French animal artist during the late 19th century. She’s one of the few female artists in the…

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Winchester Model 21 Shotgun, 1973. Serial number 26352. Owned by James Doolittle. Gift of General James H. Doolittle. 1979.2.1
October 25, 2019

Museum Minute: General James Doolittle

James Doolittle was a general during World War II. He became famous for his raid on Tokyo in 1942 just after Pearl…

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Cody Bell, with his hair in buns, at a National Guard encampment in 1909. MS 294 William A. Bell Family Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.294.0030 (detail)
October 17, 2019

Museum Minute: A $10,000 Deal

When Leonard Cody Bell (not related) was nine years old, Buffalo Bill Cody offered him $10,000 if he would keep his hair…

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