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Smithsonian here in Cody…and your backyard, too!
Englishman James Smithson (1765 – 1829) never traveled to the United States, but his legacy is American through and through. It was…
Traveling With Charlie Russell
I dreamed the other night I was traveling with Charlie Russell. The first scene of my dream was suggestive of Frederic Remington’s…
Biscuits anyone? It’s chow time on the trail…
After a dusty day on the cattle drive, cowhands were plum tickled when they caught a whiff of the trail trifecta of…
The Spirit of the Unconquerable West
Here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, we celebrate the “Spirit of the American West” — defined as “the spirit…
The West Is US
Here’s something worth pondering: Of the four primary points on a compass—North, South, East, West—only the last one begins with a pronoun:…
Buffalo Bill’s traveling Wild West show…and Beyonce?
Before global tours and music festivals, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his Wild West extravaganza introduced the world to an unrivaled…