Buffalo Bill

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 […]

Kurz and Allison print. "Capture and Death of Sitting Bull," January 5, 1891. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC, 20540 USA. LC-DIG-pga-01896

Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him – Points West Online

March 4, 2021 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in 1980 in the Center’s newsletter, and reprinted in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2015 Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him By Gene BallFormer Education Director The following article […]

Montana Bill performing live in Broncho Tom's Wild West Show, Vinegarhill (Gallowgate) Fairground, Glasgow, 1915. Courtesy Tom F. Cunningham at snbba.co.uk.

Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 – Points West Online

December 11, 2020 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 Click here to read part 1… By Tom F. Cunningham Characters abound in the West, […]