Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2008 Staying Afloat in the 1890s: Buffalo Bill’s Financial Woes By Jack Rosenthal Guest Author As any entrepreneur is sure to attest, the challenges of managing a business enterprise are substantial. The Great Showman himself, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, faced those trials as he traveled with his […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2014 Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 2 Read part 1 By Jeremy M. Johnston Curator of Western American History, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and Managing Editor of the Papers of William F. Cody On April 30, 1897, water flowed into the Cody Canal, greening the arid lands […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall/Winter 2013 Buffalo Bill Builds a Town, Part 1 Read part 2 By Jeremy M. Johnston Curator of Western American History, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and Managing Editor of the Papers of William F. Cody Although many credit William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody for the founding of Cody, Wyoming, […]