brinton was a wise collector. he could collect great paintings in the black-and-white realm because they were illustrations. they had a lot less value than the color work of that time. bradford is very well educated, a yale graduate from 1904. helen is six years his elder and she never married and upon his death, he leaves the ranch to helen with the idea that upon her death, she is supposed to open it to the public so they can see how they lived. even in the 1930's, he understood he was not living the way most americans were living. here we are in front of the plain's nation which is the brinton exposition of native lains materials. it's a testament to the importance of the patrons of the native people and they are treasured by the crow and over the course of 40 years, it's adopted into the tribe and eventually made an honorary crow medicine woman. the family benefits by receiving countless pieces of really important crow art of which you will see behind us and which really form the nucleus of this exhibition. th

brinton was a wise collector. he could collect great keep -- great paintings in the black and white realm because they were illustrations. they had less value than the color work at that time. bradford is well educated. he is a young graduate at the sheffield school of engineering in 1904. helen is six years is elder. she never married. upon his death, he leaves the ranch to helen, that upon her death, she is supposed to open into the public so they can see how they lived. even in the 30's, he understood most americans were living the way he was laying -- living. we are the front of the honor of the planes nations, brinton's exhibition of planes native american material. it is a testament to the importance of the gallatin family. iny are magnificent patrons this gallery in particular is very treasured by the crow. years iscourse of 40 adopted into the tribe, is made an honorary crow medicine woman. the family benefits by receiving importantpieces of crow art. us andl see that behind that formed the nucleus of this

next honor visit to sheridan, wyoming, we take you to the brinton

in 1923 brinton buys the house.hen heem remodeled it in 1927, it is just a i -- a very ideal home for a country gentleman. this was the repository. this is where he came to relax and have a good time. sheridan in those days was the heart of the dude ranch industry. there were lots of dude ranches and bradford had very good relations with those people. the history of this area is what gives rise to that marvelous museum. what we would like visitors to walk away from his a better picture of what the west was. it was more refined than anybody thought it ever was. thats a part of history most people have no idea ever existed. >> the c-span cities tour is exploring the american story. join us the first and third weekend of each month as we take book tv and american history tv on the road to watch videos from any of the places we have been, go to c-span.org/cities tour. follow us on twitter. up next, we continue our look at sheridan wyoming as we visit a horseshoe maker. >> as you drive around you can see the culture is w

visit ton our sheridan, wyoming, we take you to the brinton museum to look at american and indian art that makes up the collection. >> the brinton museum is a very complex institution because not only are we an art museum, but we are also history and we have natural history as well. we lie on 620 acres of beautiful ranch land here.