Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2016 150 Years On Target New Mexico Electric News, May–June 1966 An unlikely magazine—New Mexico Electric News, May–June 1966—featured a story on that year’s 100th anniversary of Winchester Firearms. While the company now celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016 when this reprint appeared in Points West, this article says […]
It’s safe to say that Jeremy Johnston—a former history professor at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, and now Curator of Western History and the Buffalo Bill Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West as well as Managing Editor of the Papers of William F. Cody—is truly immersed in the history of the American […]
From the English Punch magazine of the mid-1800s, to the Harvard Lampoon, Mad magazine, New Yorker, and the Web’s Onion, satire has served the dual purposes of humor and making a point. Poking fun at public policy, society, culture, or politicians is downright amusing—especially from those who do it well. One of the most successful […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2010 Theodore Roosevelt’s saddle In addition to the personal artifacts of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody housed in the Buffalo Bill Museum, there are many objects that were once owned by some of Cody’s famous contemporaries. One such individual was Theodore Roosevelt, who used this saddle on […]