Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2016 150 Years On Target New Mexico Electric News, May–June 1966 An unlikely magazine—New Mexico Electric News, May–June 1966—featured a story on that year’s […]
Buffalo Bill Cody
Museum Minute: The Man Behind the Founding of Cody, Wyoming
Cody is named after William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, but what not many know is that this was a strategic choice. George Beck, a Wyoming politician and entrepreneur, was the […]
Museum Minute: Buffalo Bill’s Childhood Home
Buffalo Bill Cody’s two story childhood home stands in the courtyard of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. It’s the largest object in the Center’s collection. But before its […]
Museum Minute: Buffalo Bill’s Winchester Carbine
There are stories, which pass through hearsay but one can never be sure if the story is completely true. The Buffalo Bill Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the […]
Treasures from Our West: Photograph of Buffalo Bill shooting target balls
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2012 Photograph, “Buffalo Bill” shooting glass target balls from horseback In this photograph, likely taken in 1907 or 1909 when Buffalo Bill’s […]
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 spectacle of cowboys and cowgirls, sharpshooters, Indians, exotic […]