Hello! My name is Grace Shumway, and I’m the intern this summer for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience. I’ll be writing these blog posts as a weekly update of what […]
epiCENTER: Explore the CENTER of it all with our staff!
Enjoy the observations and interests of the people who work at the Center of the West here in our staff blog. Just note that these are the personal perspectives of individual staff members, and are not meant to be official representations of Center expertise or policy.
Tim McCoy and The Covered Wagon: the Birth of a Movie Star
When Tim McCoy was eight years old, his father took him to a showing of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Tim dated his desire to be a Westerner from that point. […]
Introducing digital membership cards
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is now offering digital membership cards as a member benefit for all membership levels. We hope you enjoy this new benefit which provides […]
Before We Were Here…Rare Books
Rare Books & Archives When I see a collection of books, I see knowledge. I see history. I see an intellectual economy. I see more than just the paper and ink […]
A Podcast Conversation on the West, Buffalo Bill, and more
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Eric Rossborough, our McCracken Research Library’s Associate Librarian and Senior Cataloger, joined Ramsey Russell, host of the “Duck Season Somewhere” podcast, for a […]
The Pitchfork Ranch Antelope Caper
When Monte Skinner was seven years old, he was given the chore of catching baby antelope. Since I’ve been in Wyoming I’ve become used to hearing stories of children being […]
