Each year the Buffalo Bill Center of the West partners with 5th grade teachers and students from Westside Elementary in Powell, WY. This past May,… Read More
Points West: Buffalo Bill and The Fight to Save Yellowstone’s Wildlife
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2012 Buffalo Bill and The Fight to Save Yellowstone’s Wildlife By Jeremy Johnston, PhD, Managing Editor of The Papers… Read More
Free Draper Museum “Ghostwalker” lecture explores the elusive mountain lion
Join the Draper Natural History Museum for a free Lunchtime Expedition lecture on May 2, 12:15 p.m. The speaker, Leslie Patten, has worked with land… Read More
Historic Yellowstone photos exhibition resumes at Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The popular exhibition Yellowstone Discovered: William Henry Jackson’s Lost Prints Reveal the Park for America is once again on display at the Buffalo Bill Center… Read More
Bierstadt and Public Lands
Bierstadt was an important champion of the Yellowstone region. He also brought attention to the areas that would become Yosemite and Rocky Mountain national parks.… Read More
Points West Online: Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall 2006 Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park By Jeremy Johnston All images are courtesy of the Theodore… Read More
Bierstadt: Boone and Crockett Club
In 1888, Bierstadt became a charter member of the Boone and Crockett Club, North America’s first conservation group committed to preserving and managing wildlands and… Read More
Museum Minute: Zoroaster Peak
Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone… Read More
10 Tips For Visiting Yellowstone
I was fortunate to have grown up in Paradise Valley working for our family business. We spent the majority of our time riding horses, fishing,… Read More
Museum Minute: Yellowstone’s “Most” Famous Bear: Bear 104
Bear 104 was a female grizzly bear who made her home on the edge of Yellowstone National Park and Shoshone National Forest, near a very… Read More