The McCracken Research Library is a local history library not only a library specializing in all things Buffalo Bill. And the Cody area is not… Read More
Museum Minute: The Black Footed Ferret Success Story
The black footed ferret is a fierce but tiny predator. They are typically under three pounds and 90 percent of their diet is… Read More
Museum Minute: Amelia Earhart in Wyoming
The famous aviator first visited Wyoming in 1934. She traveled to Meeteetse for summer break where she stayed on local guide Carl Dunrud’s dude ranch.… Read More
Points West Online: The Black-Footed Ferret
Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2000 Here, Gone, and Back Again: The Black-Footed Ferret Deborah Deibler Steele Former Curatorial Assistant, Draper Natural History… Read More
Buffalo Bill Center of the West has its own piece of Amelia Earhart history
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the-world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Photograph, girl with lamb
Charles Belden photograph of a girl with a lamb On the back of this photograph, Charles Belden wrote, “This little orphan seems to have found… Read More
Amelia Earhart’s Wyoming connection
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Charles Belden photograph
Treasures from Our West Charles Belden Photograph: Cowboy reading to his horse Ah, the cowboy life. In this black and white glass plate negative by… Read More