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Thomas Jefferson's North African Miquelet Jezail (musket), 1789. L.373.2012.11
November 18, 2014

Smithsonian Firearms

Past Exhibition: Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian Cody Firearms Museum The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, an Affiliate of…

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Center of the West oldest photo
November 16, 2014

Oldest photo? We have ’em.

In a November 7, 2014, story, CNN’s Brandon Briggs shares the story about this “oldest photo” from Mashable.com and Amanda Uren of…

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"Bringing the Cedar - Arikara." Photogravure facing page 82, from Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian, Vol. 5, 1909. Call number RB TR647.C87 1909. McCracken Research Library.
November 14, 2014

Edward S. Curtis

Past Exhibition Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian Closed at the Center in 2015Travels periodically to select Wyoming libraries Edward S….

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November 11, 2014

Hootin’ Howlin’ Halloween Pumpkin Carving Winner

We had a great community turnout for our Hootin’ Howlin’ Halloween event. Toddlers to grandparents came dressed in costume, and visited stations…

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Amelia Earhart, ca. 1934–1936 at the Double D Ranch on the Wood River in northwest Wyoming. MS 3 Charles Belden Collection. P.67.1477
November 10, 2014

Amelia Earhart’s Wyoming connection

Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed…

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Chuckwagon Experience with Ron Reed!
November 6, 2014

Chuck wagon cook exemplifies the Spirit of the American West

For the last six years, the smell of campfire has lured visitors over to the picturesque chuck wagon scene on the front…

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