Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2001 By Thom Huge, Former Director of Communications Fire at Fault It was fire that did it. Fire started the rustic furniture movement. But before we talk about how it started, let’s start with what “rustic” is and what does it have to do with cowboys? Rustic furniture incorporates nature into […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSeptember 2014 Center’s website casts a wide “Net” By Marguerite House… …and the Graphics, Information Technology (IT), Interpretive Education, and Public Relations Departments The more we learn about William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the more we’re convinced he’d have totally embraced today’s technology. Always at the forefront of the new and […]
Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 1993 Conservation of Russell Waxes Reveals Their Original Appearance By Sarah E. BoehmeFormer Curator, Whitney Western Art Museum In 1993, a second grant of $10,000 from the Charlie Russell Riders Foundation supported conservation of a group of rare Charles M. Russell wax sculptures. The project not only conserved the works of art, […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2010 Scots in Wyoming By Jeremy Johnston and Chris Dixon Dol siar . . . heading west . . . In the songs of the Gaelic bards of old, this idea occurs time and again, often as an image of coming home. If the Viking sagas are to be […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2008 Yellowstone’s Burning Issue: The Fires 20 Years Later By Charles R. Preston, PhD Twenty years ago, raging wildfires affected nearly 800,000 acres within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, and a total of more than two million acres throughout the Greater Yellowstone region. The flames also ignited a national debate […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2005 By Charles R. Preston, PhD, Senior Scientist and Curator Emeritus, Draper Natural History Museum “There’s one…no two…wait, there are five of them!” It was about 6:30 a.m. near the turnoff to the Slough Creek campground in the northeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park. An early June drizzle had […]