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
Treasures from Our West: Photograph, Mary Jester Allen with Frank Butler’s rifle
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2018 Photograph, Mary Jester Allen with Frank Butler’s Rifle After the death of William F. “Buffalo Bill”… Read More
Points West Online: Will James & Me—New Books at the McCracken
Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2016 Will James & Me: New Books at the McCracken By Eric Rossborough Will James was an author… Read More
Historic Yellowstone photos exhibition resumes at Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The popular exhibition Yellowstone Discovered: William Henry Jackson’s Lost Prints Reveal the Park for America is once again on display at the Buffalo Bill Center… Read More
Center of the West hosts film screening of “Wild Resurrection”
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s McCracken Research Library and Draper Natural History Museum host a film screening of Wild Resurrection: The Untold Story of… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Photograph, William F. Cody visiting at John S. Bell home
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2017 Photograph, William F. Cody visiting at the home John S. Bell, former chief of the Secret… Read More
Points West Online: Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes
Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2008 Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes By Jack Rosenthal Guest Author As any entrepreneur… Read More
Museum Minute: The Hidden Treasure of a Library
The McCracken Research Library at the Center of the West collects manuscripts, photographs and much more that pertains to Buffalo Bill Cody, the West and… Read More
Points West Online: The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford
Originally published in Points West magazine Winter 2009 The “Poet Scout” Captain Jack Crawford From this “Treasures from our West” post from a while back, our… Read More
Top 10 Bucket List @ The Center of the West
As much as we hate to admit it, the grand weeks of summer holiday are drawing to a close! Stores have their latest back to… Read More
