Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill Cody was born William Frederick Cody in LeClaire, Iowa in 1846. Buffalo Bill grew up on the prairie. While he was still a child, he and his family packed up and moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. When he was eleven, he left his home of Leavenworth, Kansas and traveled extensively in the great plains herding cattle and worked as a driver in a wagon train. After he got sick of this, he took to fur trapping and then participated in the Pikes Peak gold rush. In the spring of 1859, Buffalo Bill made his first trip to Colorado. This was part of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. He passed through the new town of Denver on his way to the gold fields. There he searched for gold for two months, having little success. Then, Cody stopped in Julesburg on his way back to Kansas, and read an advertisement for the Pony Express which said, "skinny, expert riders willing to risk death daily." So, of course he joined the Pony Express. Most of the time while he was with the Pony express, he was in Kansas, but occasionally he traveled across northeast Colorado. Then, Cody scouted for the Army in the civil war against the Commanche and Kiowa. In 1863 he enlisted in the
Cody won and has enjoyed the name as far as I can tell ever since. Texas Jack was a well known scout that also appeared in the drama. 244,238, 246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Buffalo Bill died in 1917 at the age of 71, while visiting his sister's home in Denver. He kept doing whatever he could to please the people. Then, Buffalo Bill began to take part in show business. The following season, Buffalo Bill got Wild Bill Hickok to join in on the show. Ned Buntline who had wrote the novel about Buffalo Bill, had created a play called, "The Scouts of the Prairie," in which Cody and he would act in. At first everyone insulted the name cowboy, but over time after seeing his shows people enjoyed hearing the expression. In 1872, Buffalo Bill was awarded the congressional medal of honor, following many great battles that he participated in stemming back from when he returned to the army in 1868. Texas Jack and Wild Bill eventually left the show, but Cody continued staging plays until 1882. He respected the Indians treated them like everyone else. It was said that it helped the British and Americans get along better.
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