Items Without a Building...? The University of Montana has an amazing permanent collection, but no place to put it. Collectors, artists and university officials began putting together the collection in 1894. What a collection it is! Works by Frederic Remington, C.M. Russell, George Catlin, Karl Bodmer and Joseph Henry Sharp, among various Western artists. More modern folks like Andy Warhol are also represented. The items also include textiles, ceramics and memorabilia. In all, the collection

August 2009
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- The Show Must Go On
- What happened to the corpses of guys killed in running gunfights in the Old West?
- Did Indians have a smoke “Morse Code” that sent messages?
- Did outlaws prefer Spanish Mustangs?
- My husband and I have noticed that some of the big stars rode the same horses in a lot of their movies.
- Was there ever a “Code of the West”?
- Were the Spanish vaqueros the first to round up and herd cattle in the West?
- What’s It Like to Live There—Fort Smith, AR
- Preservation: Surrender Site
- Ken Spurgeon
- Pueblo Revival Living
- Below the Equator
- The Non-British “English” Sharps
- Rollin’, Rollin’, Respectin’ Along the Western Trail
- Out to Lunch
- The Evolution of Western Wear
- A Dust-Up in Delta
- The Cheyenne Suitcase
- “Green” Ranching
- The Death of Chief Crazy Horse
- Skating In New Directions