There was a time when Mr. Postman was a neighborhood celebrity, and letter writing was a big deal. In the letter above, Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was downright distraught at not responding in a timely manner to a letter from a friend. Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) bemoaned the fact that she was short […]
Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2006 Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill Cody: Mirrored through a Glass Darkly, part 2 By Sandra K. Sagala Guest Author In her last installment (Points West Online Post 149), Sandra Sagala introduced us to Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, and to William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Then […]
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a nearly $300,000 grant to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for its continued work on the Papers of William F. Cody (the Papers). The latest award of $299,756 brings the total of NEH grants for the project to $700,000. In its latest round of […]
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has chosen the Papers of William F. Cody at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West as one of its success stories the grant-administering agency features in honor of its 50th Anniversary. The selection of top grants appears online through the “National Endowment for the Humanities Celebrating 50 Years,” […]
From Points West magazine Originally published in Winter 2010 Christmas in the Wilds: How Santa Claus Visited Russell’s Gulch A Christmas Story by Buffalo Bill—Col. William F. Cody Reprinted from The Sunday Chronicle, Manchester, England, December 25, 1887 In answer to a question from an English journalist about winter life in the American West, William F. “Buffalo Bill” […]
What can the Wild West teach us about the 21st century? Turns out, quite a lot. At noon on Wednesday, December 3, Dr. Tim White shares Leadership Secrets of the Wild West in a free presentation in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Coe Auditorium. In the program, White takes the audience through a […]