Talk & Film: The Rider of the Painted Horse

The October presentation of the “Local Lore with Bob Richard” series of free programs hosted by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's McCracken Research Library features "The Rider of the Painted Horse," a silent movie filmed in the Cody area in 1925.

Bob Richard welcomes Robyn Cutter, Archivist at the Park County Archives, who talks briefly about and introduces the film, which runs 50 minutes. Among the local actors that made up most of the cast was Will Richard, Bob’s uncle, who was cast as the villain.

Robyn is the Archivist at the Park County Archives in Cody. She grew up in Minnesota and earned a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from North Dakota State University, and a master’s degree in Historic Preservation from Middle Tennessee State University. For the majority of her career, she directed Main Street programs, focusing on the revitalization of downtowns.

Since moving with her family to Cody in 2002, Robyn has worked for the Cody Enterprise newspaper, managed retail stores, and volunteered and then worked for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West digitizing collections before starting her tenure with the Park County Archives.

A lifelong Wyoming resident, Bob’s varied experiences are pure West. He worked at guest ranches, guided horse and hunting trips, ranched, and for 37 years owned and operated Grub Steak Expeditions, personally touring thousands of visitors from around the world through Yellowstone and its ecosystem.

Educated at the Universities of Wyoming, Arizona, and California (Fresno), Bob has served as a teacher and school administrator, a decorated United States Marine Corps pilot in Vietnam, and, for 21 years, helped coordinate American Red Cross service and relief activities in the western United States.

Bob is the author of several books on the Cody and Yellowstone area, as well as his own family’s deep roots in the region. They feature his own photographs and often those of his father Jack Richard and uncle Ned Frost. For information on Bob’s photography and his published books, visit bobrichardphotography.com.