Although the Pony Express only lasted for about a year and half, the mail service has become synonymous with the Old West. The story of… Read More
Points West Online: Is Buffalo Bill Relevant to Today’s Audiences and the Millennial Generation?
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall 2012 Is Buffalo Bill Relevant to Today’s Audiences and the Millennial Generation? By Sienna C. White On June… Read More
Museum Minute: How One Object Can Tell A Bigger Story
What can a wagon jack tell us? (A wagon jack is a tool used to change out tires.) Well, for the story of Buffalo Bill… Read More
Points West Online: Cast As Cody’s Namesake: A Conversation with Pete Simpson
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2016 Cast As Cody’s Namesake: A Conversation with Pete Simpson By Michaela Jones When entering the Buffalo Bill Center… Read More
Museum Minute: A Mantle Clock Symbolizes A Life Before The Wild West For Buffalo Bill
One of the oldest objects in the Buffalo Bill Museum collection is a Waterbury mantle clock that belonged to Buffalo Bill Cody’s mother Mary. Jeremy… Read More
This is Not a Circus!: James A. Bailey Redefines Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
The “Little Napoleon of Show Business” When you think of the Wild West, it is not likely that James A. Bailey is a name that… Read More
Points West Online: The Wild West in the Keystone State, Part 2
Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2012 The Wild West in the Keystone State Part 2 Click here to read part 1 By Wes… Read More
Center of the West hosts a day of free admission in honor of namesake’s birthday
Each year, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, along with the whole town of Cody, Wyoming, celebrates the birthday of namesake William F. “Buffalo… Read More
Museum Minute: Frederic Remington and Buffalo Bill
The McCracken Research Library receives hundreds of collections of journals, notebooks and photographs annually. Often, library staff are not able to go through it all.… Read More
Points West Online: Three Women Who Preserved Buffalo Bill’s Legacy
Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2017 Three Women Who Preserved Buffalo Bill’s Legacy By Peter H. Hassrick Curator Emeritus & Senior Scholar In… Read More