Buffalo Gals Luncheon: The Women Who Shaped Buffalo Bill May 19, 2021 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Kuyper Dining Pavilion Join us for a delicious lunch and a talk by Center of the West Historian Jeremy M. Johnston, who presents Alongside Every Frontiersman Stands a Woman; or, The Women Who Shaped Buffalo Bill. Reservations are […]
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Finding Frank – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Finding Frank By Jennifer R. Henneman In a previous Points West Online article, readers took great delight in Mike Parker’s story about the Center of the West’s enormous 1888 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West poster featuring Queen Victoria (Fig. 1). A printer by trade, Parker wrote of the painstaking […]

Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him – Points West Online
Originally published in 1980 in the Center’s newsletter, and reprinted in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2015 Sitting Bull: Even Cody Couldn’t Save Him By Gene BallFormer Education Director The following article appeared in the Jan-Feb-March 1980 newsletter of the then-named Buffalo Bill Historical Center. At the time, Gene Ball served as the Center’s education director. Sitting […]

Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2015 Will the Real Frontiersman Please Stand Up? By Sandra K. Sagala The controversy over the film The Interview (2014), in which North Korea leader Kim Jong-un was adversely portrayed, illustrates the potential danger filmmakers face when using a real person as a plot character. The rendering of a […]

Blacks in Army Blue – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Blacks in Army Blue: Early Depictions by Frederic Remington and William F. Cody By Dr. John Langellier John Langellier knows a thing or two about military history: He has a doctorate in the subject and spent twelve years in the United States Army. In his research on buffalo […]

Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2018 Lies and Legends of Montana Bill, Part 2 Click here to read part 1… By Tom F. Cunningham Characters abound in the West, and in the last installment of Points West Online, author and historian Tom F. Cunningham introduced one Montana Bill. A contemporary of William F. “Buffalo […]