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.


March 17, 2021

Museum Minute: The ‘Biography’ That Made Colt Buntline Revolvers Famous

Colt Buntline Revolvers weren’t very well known until a biography was written about Wyatt Earp. Earp was an American law enforcement officer…

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March 8, 2021

Museum Minute: The Stetson Hat In Literature

John B. Stetson came West as a young man. He was the son of a successful hatter. In the West, he recognized…

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February 19, 2021

Museum Minute: A Chromolithograph of the Grand Prismatic Spring

Painter Thomas Moran visited Yellowstone National Park in 1871. A year before, Yellowstone became the world’s first national park. Moran traveled to…

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Dentalium Shell Dress, Lakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1890. Wool, dentalium shells, and ribbon. Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. NA.202.1229 (detail)
February 16, 2021

Museum Minute: Dentalium Shell Dress

One day while working in the Plains Indian Museum collections, Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant, found a very heavy box. “I…

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February 4, 2021

Museum Minute: Dude Ranches in the Big Horn Mountains

The McCracken Research Library’s Housel Director loves artifacts that tell a bigger story. Mary Robinson said one of her favorite examples is…

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January 20, 2021

Museum Minute: Winchester Archives

The Cody Firearms Museum is well known for its huge collection of Winchester firearms. But Danny Michael, museum’s curator, said the museum…

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