Samantha Harper is an archivist at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s McCracken Research Library. This job means that Harper digs through documents, photography and books every day. Harper recently discovered more information about a man named Harry E. Miller. “He was a forest ranger for the Shoshone National Forest during the early years […]
Wreath-laying Ceremony for Buffalo Bill’s birthday By the Cody High School FFA February 26, 2020 11 a.m. February 26 is the 175th birthday of our namesake William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody! In honor of the event, the Cody High School FFA chapter hosts its annual wreath-laying ceremony at Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s sculpture Buffalo Bill—The Scout on […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2015 A Leap But Not a Stretch: Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, conclusion Click here to read part 1 By Mary Robinson & Robert W. Rydell One of the Center’s most striking and original posters shows Buffalo Bill astride a bucking bullfrog. In the last issue […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2015 A Leap But Not a Stretch: Buffalo Bill and La Rana nel Wild West, part 1 By Mary Robinson & Robert W. Rydell Close your eyes and imagine a typical poster or illustration of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. What comes to mind? Is it Buffalo Bill’s silhouette on […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2011 A Case of Mistaken Identity: Samuel Franklin Cody and William F. Cody By Lynn Johnson Houze Turn back the years, all the way back to early 1891, and try to imagine how excited you would be to attend a performance of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Now, imagine how […]
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 riders delivering mail from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California in ten to eleven days at the time was the fastest a letter was ever delivered before electronic communication. One […]