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Idaho Bill

The truth behind the legend of Barney “Idaho Bill” Pearson.

MontyMcCord

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A Match Made in Paris

Famed French artist Rosa Bonheur’s fascination with Buffalo Bill and his Wild West inspired a friendship and artwork for the ages.

Steve Friesen

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Prescription for a Lawbreaker Doc Middleton’s horse thieving led to a racing opportunity.

Mark Boardman

Buffalo Bill and the Extinction of the Buffalo Was Buffalo Bill was instrumental in the near extinction of the American bison?

Marshall Trimble

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Colts For the Other Buffalo Bill This exquisite cased set of 1861 Navy Colts originally belonged to a rough-and-tumble frontiersman who became the first “Buffalo Bill.”

Phil Spangenberger

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The Tragedy of Texas Jack Texas Jack Omohundro and Giuseppina Morlacchi’s doomed romance

Steve Friesen

Ziegfield and Buffalo Bill It was another of Flo Ziegfeld’s tall tales.

Marshall Trimble

Building Your Western Library: Steve Friesen The former director of the Buffalo Bill Museum shares his book recommendations.

Steve Friesen

Monkey Business A million-dollar sale at Brian Lebel’s proves collecting the Old West attracts more wealth than a monkey riding a goat.

Meghan Saar

Legendary Westerners Review of Deanne Stillman's Blood Brothers.

Steve Friesen

What Happened to the Scalp that “Buffalo Bill” Cody Took from Cheyenne Warrior Yellow Hair at Warbonnet Creek in 1876?

Marshall Trimble

Sitting Bull’s Dancing Horse A meeting missed between the Lakota holy man and world-renowned showman “Buffalo Bill” Cody.

Deanne Stillman