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.\MffiST PffiINT$ .'iLi-,:,.,,i,.'1'I'i,i ,,'\i', r::;'i )rl ,.1 ,.ri, :::,i.'*, , ::" i-,. '.{, ' ' ' i.,rI "{' i"i Buwaus, boats and luildings: the lakc alea of Yellonst0ne llational Pailr li.i:,,ujti Atomic Gulilrc in the Amefican WG$t .:t iiia l' :. ;,1; " t,l'.,,.:ii ,u- til[]1. ,iii' rii,i. ffi All new McGracftcn Rescarch liltary Bendezuous Royals o 2007 Bulfalo Bill Historical Center. Written permission is required to copy. reprinr, or distribute Points west malerials in any medium or formal. A11 photographs in Poinfs Wcsa are BBI-{C pholos unless otherwise noted. Quesrions about image rights and reproductton should be directed to Assoclate Regisffar Ann Marie Donoghue at [email protected] or 307.578.4024. Bibliographies, works cited, and iootnotes, etc. are purposely omirled to conserve space. However, such inlormation is available by contacting the editor. Address correspondence lo Editor, Polnrs Wasr, Bulfalo Bjll Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, Wyoming 824 I 4 u [email protected]. Senior Editor Mr. Lee Haines Managing Editor Nls. Marguerite House Copy Editors Wally Reber by Ms. Lynn Pitet, Ms. Joanne Patterson. Ms. Nancy McClure Interim Director Designer Ms. Jan Woods K rpr Prodc\iqn Photography Staff Ms. Chris Cimmeson, Mr. Sean Campbell ,::.'.".,.,. 11 the eve oi Bob Shimp's relirement, negoliations lor the purchase ol the remarkable Paul Dyck Book Reviews : f Dr. Kurt Craham '';'.,. ....,r'' Plains lndian Bullalo Culture Colleclion were Historical Photographs concluded. In recent weeks, with the sale ol our lormer Ms. Mary Robinson: Ms. Megan Peacock chairwoman's residence, coupled with the generous Rights and Reproductions donation by Jim Nielson in honor ol the Nielson lamily, Ann Marie Donoghue the purchase ol the collection is now complete. Calendar of Events While the collection brings tremendous opportunity Ms. Nancy Mcclure for interpretation, it also carries grave responsibility lor Advisory Team its care and eventual exhibition. To that end. the center Lee Haines. Public Relations Director and Senior Editor will hire a conservator (a position we've long needed) to deal Marguerite lloase, Medra Manager and Managing Editor with pafts ol the collection and make recommendations lor Nancy Mcclrre, Public Relations Assistant and Calendar Coordinator jts and display. Funded through lhe generosity treatment Steie Greates, Vice-President and Depuly Director, PlannLng ol Harriet and Edson Spencer, the Joe Jones estate, and and Development Tommy and Lee Thompson, lhe conservator will play a JenJones, Director oi Membership rffi critlcal role in the assessment, treatment, and display ol Dr. Chmles R. Preston, Chiel Curaror and Founding Curator ol the our collections. Draper Museum of Natural History We've just linished an exhaustive planning session to Megan Wasp, Public Programs Coordjnator address activities, commitments, and expenditures dur- il Points West is published quarterly as a benelit oi membership of the ing the time between Bob's retirement and the arrival ol BBHC. For membership inlormation, conlact Jan Jones, Dtrector of Membership, at [email protected] or by writing to the address above. a new executive director. Led by trustee Barron Collier, a The BBHC is a private, non-prolit, educational institution dedicated to group ol trustees and stall locused on broad planning preserving and interpretjng the natural and cultural history ol lhe American is home ro the Bullalo Bill Museum, issues that lace us over the nexl two years. Of immediate West. Founded in 1917. the BBHC Whitney Callery ol Western Arr, Plains lndian Museum, Cody Firearms concern were operating budget issues, among them, Museum, Draper Museum ol Natural History, and Mccracken Research deFining the role oi human resources within the center. Library. The mlsslon ol Polnfs Wesr is to deliver an engaging educationaL maga' We're studying the short-term stalling issues regarding zine primarily to the patrons ol the Bulfalo Bill Historical Cenler (BBHC). management of the new Dyck collection and the long- Paints west will use a mulri-disciplinary strategy to connect the reader to ,*fid the nature and culture ol the American west, and the BBHC in parlicular, t;;l*d term implications lor both stalF and lrustees in the through exceptional images and appealing, reader-lriendly stories. re-establishment of a queue for major reinstallations and exhibitions. On the whole, we've been both busy and engaged Yellowstone National Park bison ar during this interim period. And we look lorward to new Old Faithlul in the chill oi the morning, possibilities and opportunities that will inevitably come January 22,2006. Photo. Anne Marie Sh river. our way as new leadership comes on board for this remarkable institution.,',1 2 e I I I ! t ffiStoneLakelorthelirstti.",Nu,l-.un'.lL-gfordlwhowouldeventuallybe^comethelirstsuperintendentof yellowsrone NarionaL parx) wis moved ro wrire etoquent( anJirutniulty,e'There lay the silvery bosom olthe lake, *fl"tli"g,ll:^j:qqt^:l wilderness ol prnes surround nq il Parl( rhe serrjng sun, and srrerching away lor miles, until ror, inlrl" aiir. iotlag" ot the'interminaijle YeLLowstone. and part one ol the story begins on hisrorian Lee Whrtrlesey has u-ndertiken a project ro gather rhe history oi ihe Lake-area of Lake. August 2007 pa.qe to photo. Jan w6ods_Krier. sunrise. EagLe Bay, Yelior,vstone r i i1,, i,i'. .,, i'.i iri I ., Wiltis Von Devonter: Wyoming's forgotten prominent BEI-IC EITS Af{D BYTIS, also contir*ued p'l8 jurist. .. Willis Van Devanter is not a household name for News, activities, events many of us. He seems known only to the most serious students of Wyoming history and those familiar with the CALENN,qR OF EVI,NTs legal history of our nation. By Wallace Johnson RFI{DEZVOUS ROYALE IN PICTURES The Last Word on the West: the McCrocken Reseorch Library . With its more than 30,000 volumes, 31-5 DEVELOPMENTS manuscript collections, and approximately 500,000 pho- By Steve Creaves tographs and negatives, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's "TREAsIJRFs McCracken Research Library is indeed a delivery room for FROM OUR WEST month's look at BBHC collections the birth of ideas. By Morguerite House This SITWEEN TI-I T. EOCIKIN D5 lJronium mines to Atlos missiles: Constructing ond consuming Wiltiam F. Cody's Wyoming Empire by Roberl E. Bonner atomic culture in the Americon West . The West is horses, cattle synonymous with cowboys, pioneers, A TFtCIL]sAND WORDS drives, lndians, trappers. and a landscape like no other. But in the 1890s, radium was discovered on the Colorado Plateau, and by the 1 950s, a new facet of the West would literally mushroom over the Nevada desert as nuclear testing ushered in the "Atomic West." By Michael A. Amundson, PhD Bywayq boats, and buildings: Yellowstone Loke in history, part one. Yellowstone Lake and the Lake Village that grew up on its shores 1870 - 2007 are together a region of Yellowstone National Park that was, until 1891 ' a secondary spot in the park for tourism and visitation. l, lr, rr.l. This is surprising when one considers that Yellowstone Lake is a world-class natural feature that, were it located issues ol Poinas W€sf? Check our Web site at anywhere else, would probably have become a national I-ooking fbr previous || w w. b b hc. a rg /p oin t swe s t. park on its own. BY Lee H. WhittleseY 3 W We##sm &'ffipru ffi#tr#ruflmp; e4'3t#p??rrugr s by Wallace Johnson States, a service that indisputably merits high Menttoned in nearly any account oJ the Johnson respect and reco$nition. Obviously, there County War-including John Davis's article is considerable dignity associated with about "Wyominq's Civil War" in the IaU great 2007 issue o/ Points West-is the being chosen lor this court, and the name oJ lawyer Willis Van Devanter. honor in being selected by ln this short biography, Wallace president to fill a lile term lor one of its nine seats. Johnson presents a snapshot oJ was born APril this little known Wyoming jurist. Van Devanter 17, 1859, in Marion, Indiana. He came to Wyoming Territory \:\''liqr lq';ls \.\"i1lir \';ltt when but 25 years old, $3qt ;u l{e:r";} moving here lrom Cincinnati, Ohio, as he lollowed hls "Bulfalo illiam F. deceased father's law partner Bill" Cody, the "Hole and brother-in-law, John Lacey. in the Wall" gang, While a member ol the Durant, LeFors, Tom Will Joe Wyoming Bar Association, he Malcolm Horn, and Sheriff represented the cattle industry, dominate any discussion Campbell the railroads, and the Wyoming history and folklore. ol Wyoming Srock Crowers Association. these individuals rise lar Many ol President Benjamin Harrison above "reality" and now occupy a appointed the 3O-year-old Van place in the mythology of our state Devanter Chiel Justice of the through what they did, and what Willis Van Devanter, ca. 1890. Wyoming State Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court, say think they did. Archlves, Sub Neg 234,12. others and a post he held lrom 1888-1890. Willis Van Devanter, though, is not a Once Wyoming was granted statehood in 1890, he became household name lor many of us. He seems known only to the lirst Chiel Justice ol the Wyoming Supreme Court, but the most serious students oi Wyoming history and those soon alter decided lo return to private practice. lamiliar with the legal history ol our nation. Van Devanter is seldom mentioned in any discussion of early Wyoming life \\iil!i:; \'ar t $]r:r';illl{1", and even then. not as lhe focus ol the conversation. Bul Van Ait{}r{rii\' ;li [,;lt't, Devanter may be one ol the most important figures who helped shape events central to the early history of our ter- Wyoming was organized as a territory in 1868 under the ritory and state.
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