Taking that long-planned, bucket-list trip to Yellowstone? We here in Cody consider it “our” park, too! Spend a little time with us on your way to or from Yellowstone and join us for one of these great events. Plains Indian Museum Powwow The Plains Indian Museum Powwow the third full weekend in June—this year June […]
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, students visited the Center on a field trip to learn about the geology and biodiversity of Yellowstone National Park. Then a couple weeks later they headed into Yellowstone for a […]
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 of William F. Cody and Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone National Park—an event hailed by future […]
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 her entire life as a gardener, professional landscape designer, and a volunteer on a wide variety of wildlife studies. The talks in this series are free, and take place in […]
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 of the West. First installed on March 21, 2016, these rare images of Yellowstone depict a park that has changed little—or a great deal—depending on the viewer’s perspective. The Buffalo […]
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. Bierstadt first traveled to Yellowstone in 1881, nearly a decade after the region was set aside as the world’s first national park. The park—especially its geysers—proved to be a fresh […]