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Rosa Bonheur, a 19th century French painter and sculptor most well-known for her highly detailed depictions of animals, never visited the American West. But Whitney Western Art Museum Assistant Curator Ashlea Espinal says she developed a fascination with the place through interacting with American artists and her friendship with William F. Cody.
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A fourteen-piece ragtime orchestra made up of Black musicians performed with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show for two seasons in the early 1900s.
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Some characters in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show were known for their sharpshooting skills, but Buffalo Bill Museum Curator Jeremy Johnston says their performances built up a common myth about westerners.
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In his Wild West Show, Buffalo Bill romanticized the Pony Express, the horse-back delivered mail service that operated between April 1860 and October 1861. He also claimed to have been a rider for the Pony Express and that he completed the longest ride for the service. But, Buffalo Bill Museum Curator Jeremy Johnston says whether he actually rode for the Pony Express is up for debate.
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Sam Hanna is the Curatorial Assistant for the Buffalo Bill Museum. He says Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show toured for around 30 years between 1883 and 1913. The show visited all of the lower 48 states, besides Nevada, and it toured extensively abroad where Hanna says it left a lasting impression
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Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, said when children come into this world, they are a new generation.“They are a new light and a new soul. And we believe that and so when they’re born, we celebrate in so many ways,” said Old Elk.
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Artist George Catlin made a number of trips to the West in the 1830s. He spent a lot of time with the upper Missouri tribes, which he painted, as well as…
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The Cody Firearms Museum has over 7,000 firearms in the collection. So are they looking to add anything to the collection?Danny Micheal, the curator of…
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Artist John Mix Stanley crossed thousands of miles among the western territories in the mid-1800's. He even went as far as Hawaii in his travels. He was…
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Eastern Screech Owls are found east of the Rocky Mountains of the continental divide. They do overlap a little with the Western Screech Owl, so they are…
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Toys are a great example of how historians learn about people's everyday lives. Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, said…
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Pop culture usually influences the way we live. And it turns out firearms collecting is no different.Danny Michael, the Cody Firearms Museum curator, said…