Treasures from Our West

Here in “Treasures from Our West,” written by our curatorial staff for our “Points West” magazine, we share some of the extraordinary objects that make the Buffalo Bill Center of the West the premier destination—online or in person—to experience the American West. Works of western art, cultural and artistic objects from the Plains Indians, natural science specimens, amazing firearms, beautiful photographs, and artifacts exploring the history and myth of the Wild West—let us show you some of these “Treasures from Our West. “

Etheyle Parry and Juanita Parry lead cowgirls riding horses around the Buffalo Bill's Wild West arena. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.1304
October 3, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of cowgirls from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2011 Cowgirls from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West on a Stagecoach Five cowgirls from the…

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Lakota breastplate. NA.203.236 (detail)
September 30, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Lakota breastplate

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2011 Of Lakota origin, this breastplate from approximately 1890 is made of bone hair…

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Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909). Untitled (Impressionistic winter scene of stream, rocks, and trees). Oil on board. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 75.67
September 26, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Impressionistic winter scene by Frederic Remington

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2008 By Dr. Henry Sayre “I sometimes feel,” Frederic Remington once said, “that I…

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Buffalo Bill's gauntlets. 1.69.1049 (detail)
September 23, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Buffalo Bill’s gauntlets

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2010 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s gauntlets The Buffalo Bill Museum is fortunate to…

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Grizzly bear exhibit, Draper Natural History Museum
September 19, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Grizzly bear exhibition

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2012 Grizzly bear exhibition in the Mountain Meadow Environment While individual museum objects can…

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Nikoloz Antadze, a "Cossack" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1901. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.0051
September 16, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Wild West Cossack

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2010 Photograph of “Cossack” Nikoloz Antadze from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Buffalo Bill’s Wild…

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