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Ned Buntline and the Discovery of Buffalo Bill; or, how a Miscreant Created the First World Celebrity

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One thing I’ve learned since coming to work at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is that every prominent American frontiersman is that way for a reason, and that […]

William F. Cody with Native American performers in the Wild West arena, 1890–1910. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.897

The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is – Points West Online

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Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is By Tom F. Cunningham The ways in which our Points West authors are inspired, […]

A Cossack Wild West poster, 1896. Museum purchase. 1.69.451

Georgian horsemen in the Wild West show – Points West Online

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Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Georgian horsemen in the Wild West show By Irakli Makharadze Translated from Georgian by Salome and Nino Makharadze In 1905, American journalist and […]

Wild West's Buck Taylor with the show's Indian encampment on Erostina Staten Island, ca. 1888. MS 006 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.201

Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 1 – Points West Online

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Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2018 Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 1 By Tom F. Cunningham Wild West Echoes in Glasgow Of all the myriad objects in […]