Before global tours and music festivals, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his Wild West extravaganza introduced the world to an unrivaled spectacle of cowboys and cowgirls, sharpshooters, Indians, exotic […]
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.
A winter visit to Yellowstone National Park
It’s snowed at least a foot over the past couple days here in Cody, Wyoming. A bit unusual for right here in town—often much of the snow in a storm […]
Yellowstone-bound RV-ers: Your parking spot is waiting…
Families visiting the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are typically coming or going—to Yellowstone National Park, that is—and for good reason. Yellowstone is America’s first national park, and we […]
Loving Living in the Cold
This morning the thermometer read -5 F when we woke up, and the reading instantly put a smile on my face. I like cold weather! Yes, I also get tired […]
Ghost Dance Dress Treasures
Here is some information from our database of treasures. Ghost dance clothing is rich with symbols of earth, sky, and animals of the spirit word: crows, eagles, and magpies, messengers […]
Making winter count
If you were to pick a single event from last year that would forever highlight 2013 for you and your family, what would it be? Was your home flooded? Did […]