Planned qilts CONTENTS secure th"e future 3 IT NEVER FAILED ME: THE ARMS & ART by Frank Coodyear. OF THE REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY Director of Planning and Deve[opment Exhibition traces a 181-year history ol this famous lirearms company. n ne ol the manv ways that the (JHisori.rt c"nt", can benelit lrom ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD is 6 its donors through the vehicle ol New initiatives implemented to meet growing needs planned gifts. what is a planned gtJt? and demands. Essentially, it is a way lor donors to make gilts to charirable organizations in 7 FROM CODY TO CANYON: return for favorable tax and other Yesterday and Today McCracken Research Library exhibition traces financial benelits. ln other words, the road irom Cody to Canyon lrom the days liletime gifts provide long-term ol horse-drawn carriages to today. benefits to both the donor and the recipient institution. 9 FRONTIER FESTIVAL Planned gilts lall into three The 1 5th annual June event celebrates the western lifestyle witir cralt booths and entertainment. general categories: bequests, out' right gifts and life income giFts. The latter include charitable remainder 14 POWWOW A panorama ol Indian heritage and traditions unitrusts, charitable remainder annuity highlights the summer season. trusts, life and delerred gift annuities, charitable lead trusts as well as giFts of 1B ACTIVITY PAGE lile insurance and real estate. The Great Artists Search puzzle olfers an educational activity lor young patrons. Each ol these different gift vehicles has advantages, depending on the 19 OPENING THE DOORS: New individual donor's financial situation. Winter Hours Serve School Groups Whether they be guaranteed fixed income Museum makes educational experiences possible ior young people. and tax savings from a gift annuity or avoidance ol large capital gains on appreciated property, these advantages DEPARTMENTS can materially benefit the donor while providing for a favorite charity. For the Development ...................... 6 o charity the most important advantage is Membership. helping it plan lor a secure future. Newspoints. .. ..... 10 -21 If you wish more information on the New Acquisitions & Changes in the Galleries...... 20 Center's planned giving program please Education.... ...................... 22 call the Planning and Development office Calendar ol Events..... ......23 at (307) 578-4013. Someone here would be happy to speak with you. I POINIS WESI lormerly known as NEWS, is published quarterly as a benefit oI membership in the BulFalo Bill Historical Center For information about membership contact: Cove(. PackofTroub[e, by L. W Duke, used as the image for a Remington Arms Company Jane Sanders, Director of Membership. Bulfalo Bill Historical Center. 720 Sheridan Avenue. Cody. Wy 82414 or call (107) 58i-4771. ext 4052. knife poster in I 989. joins other objects. pair Elliot patent clockwise from left: of Request permission to copy. reprint or distribute articles in any medium or single-shot derringers. on loan from F T. format. Address editorial correspondence to the Editor. POINIS WESI "Slim" Kohler. Remington Society of America; Buffalo Bill Historical Centet 720 Sheridan Avenue. Cody. WY B2'11 4. Remington rolling block rifle, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schloss in memory of Moses Editor: Scott Hagel Kerngood: matching Bowie knife from Elliot's Production: Jan Woods. Renee Tafoya. Karen Cee DevendraShrikhande. Lucillewarters patent over-under derringer, on loan from E. Photography: Chris Cimmeson. Brian Diehl J 'Ted" Bell. Remington Society ol America: and Remington New Model Army revolver. The Bulfalo Bill Historical center is a private. non-profit educational on loan from Norm Flayderman. All objects institution dedicated to preserving and interpreling the cultural history pictured are part of the exhibition It Never of rhe American West. Founded in l9l 7. the Historical Center is home to Failed Me: The Arms and Art of the Remington the Buflalo Bill lMuseum. Cody Firearms Museum. Plains lndian Museum. Arms Company. Whitney Gallery of Western Art and Mccracken Research Library. The Arms and Art {nRemington Arms Company by Howard Michael Madaus Robert W. Woodru"[.f Curatorial Chair Cody Flrearms Museum Curator n I 8l rhe 1 6. 22-year-old blacksmirh In 1846, war broke out between the letipfrater Remingron forged his l-irst United States and Mexico. In need oi gun barrel. The process was slow and additional arms lor the militia and tedious. A skelp ol iron (a rectangular newly organized volunteers, the U.S. piece ol raw cast iron about two inches government had let out contracts to square across its center and varying in several private arms makers. Eliphalet length from one to two feet) was heated Remington secured two oi these contracts in a forge until cherry red, and then after the original contractors either brought to an anvil where it was gradu- defaulted on their agreements or sub- ally stretched by repeated blows around contracted the work to Remington. As a rod (called a mandrill) until it com- a result, between 1847 and 1851 , pletely encircled the rod. The seam was Remington delivered to the United then welded shut. States government 6,000 longarms; The rough barrel was then straight- 5,000 riiles for the Army and 1,000 ened, the interior (bore) polished carbines lor the Navy These were the smooth, and the exterior filed to the lirst complete arms made by desired size and configuration. The Remington and would mark bore was then rilled - cut with sepa- Remington's iull entry into the arms rated parallel grooves that twisted trade, a business that would continue through the length ol the barrel. The for 150 years until today. breech (rear) end ol the barrel was then After several other government threaded for about 112 inch and a contracts for additional longarms, separate plug was forged, formed, Eliphalet Remington (now joined in his threaded and fitted to the breech. A business by his sons) would venture vent (if flintlock) or bolster (il percus- into the lucrative revolver trade, basing sion) added near the breech, and front his early production on the patents of and rear sights, completed the product. Fordyce Beals. With the outbreak oi the For the next 30 years, Eliphalet American Civil War, Remington & Sons Remington would specialize in producing would expand their production lacilities such barrels for the burgeoning gun- dramatically. In addition ro 40,000 rille making trade that served the growing muskets, 10,000 rifles, and several population along the commerce routes thousand carbines, Remington would adjoining the Erie Canal and Mohawk manufacture in excess ol 150,000 Valley. By 1845 Remington was the pre- revolvers lor military service during the eminent barrel supplier not only to the war. These revolvers continued to serve upstate New York gun trade, but as sidearms in the period ol western throughout the expanding Midwest. expansion that lollowed the Civil War. lndeed, a Remington "New Model" the urban market Army revolver would be William F and a single "Bullalo Bill" Cody's handgun ol choice action .45 and during his career as bullalo hunter and 44 10 caliber Army scout on the lrontier. Years later, revolver to com- Cody presented that revolver to the pete against Colt's loreman ol his Nebraska ranch. Charlie lamous "Single Trego lncluded with the gift was his Action Army" and business card bearing the note "lt " Fron tier" Never Failed Me." Bulialo Bill's com- revolvers lor the ment would provide the title lor the western market. retrospective exhibit detailing the history E. Remington oi the Remington Arms Company's 180 & Sons revolvers never successlully years ol arms production. This exhibit dented Colt's dominance of the western opens to the public on May 17, 1997 in revolver market. Similarly, the adoption the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's ol Keene's tubular magazine and James Special Exhibition Callery and will con- Paris Lee's box magazine bolt action tinue there until September 28, 1997 repeating rilles never had a "lt Never Failed Me" traces the history signilicant impact on Winchester's ol Remington's production rhrough 20 dominance ol the repeating riFle phases ol their product line The lirst market. Despite Remington's lailure to displays trace the evolution of gain a lasting loothold in these two Remington as a barrel maker. the com- markets, the Rider patent and Samuel pany's early military contracts, early Remington's shrewd marketing skills in ventures in the revolver trade. and its ioreign sales kept E. Remington & Sons expansion during the Civil War. The competitive until the mid-1880s. With next sections of the exhibit trace the the decline in foreign martial sales lol- Above. Reminqton New Model history ol E. Remington & Sons during Iowing Samuel Reminglon's death, the Army revolver. In 1906. William F. the two decades that lollowed the company's lortune dropped precipitous- ''Buffalo Bill Cody senr thrs revolver ,rs ,r grfr to rhe mln.r$rr> n[ hi. I remnants, American Civil War. During this period ly. In 888, to save the the Nebraslia ranch. Charlie Trego and Remington led the field in the new lirm went into receivership with control his wife. Carrie. A note accompa- gift. which read. This old technology of self-contained metallic shared by Winchester's vice president, nied the Remingtorr revolver I carried and cartridges. adapting its entire revolver William Bennett and Marcellus Hartley. used for many years irr Indian r"rrars and buflalo liillins- And it never line to the system and adopting Joseph owner ol the Union Metallic Cartridge lailed rne. (Phorograph bv ParLl Rider's patented breechloading Company, the nation's prime manufac- Coocli'vin. Newport. hentuclit" ) mechanism to a line oF military and turer ol ammunition. Renamed the Paintcd r'vildlife artist l- civilian single-shot rilles.