Buffalo Bill

Talk: Bob Richard, Where is Buffalo Bill Buried?

May 12, 2022 by Nancy McClure

Where is Buffalo Bill Buried? A free talk by Bob Richard with Margie and Mike Johnson Thursday, May 12, 2022 Noon–1 p.m. Join us for the May presentation in our […]

Early view of the town of Cody, Wyoming. MS 5 Cody Local History Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.5.1465

A Podcast Conversation on the West, Buffalo Bill, and more

March 31, 2022 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Eric Rossborough, our McCracken Research Library’s Associate Librarian and Senior Cataloger, joined Ramsey Russell, host of the “Duck Season Somewhere” podcast, for a […]

The Twilight Life of Charles King

August 25, 2021 by Eric Rossborough

Popular nineteenth century writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Mark Twain were so popular they got their own library call number. This is something twentieth century writers, even really popular […]

Old Westerns: Fiction vs Reality

June 22, 2021 by Brylee Schuler

Seeing the historical figures that are displayed around the museum suddenly come to life in Westen films is entertaining, but not always historically accurate. Many of the information we learn about these people from […]

William F. Cody and his sisters, 1896. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.1057

Buffalo Gals Luncheon

May 19, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Buffalo Gals Luncheon: The Women Who Shaped Buffalo Bill May 19, 2021 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Kuyper Dining Pavilion Join us for a delicious lunch and a talk by […]

Fig. 7: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show cast and personnel, Earl's Court, London, England, May 1887. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.205

Finding Frank – Points West Online

March 11, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Finding Frank By Jennifer R. Henneman In a previous Points West Online article, readers took great delight in Mike Parker’s story about the […]