Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2003 Pards with Wild Bill and Texas Jack By Thadd TurnerGuest Author Over the years, Buffalo Bill Cody created many long-lasting friendships and relationships with the well-known and popular characters of his times. Frontiersmen, military leaders, politicians, and even the kings and queens of major European countries could be […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 Photograph: The “Flamboyant Fraternity” of William F. Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and friends When they first enter the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, visitors sometimes confuse our namesake “Buffalo Bill” with “Wild Bill.” They’ve heard of both, but are a bit fuzzy on the biographies […]
Ever get William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok confused? Some of our visitors do. Here, Deb Adams, Researcher for our Papers of William F. Cody, sets us straight on how the two knew each other. William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846 – 1917) first met James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok […]
From Points West magazineOriginally published in Spring 2008 When “the man who never missed his mark” missed By Sandra K. Sagala In a series of historic newspaper stories, Sandy Sagala discovered the dangers of the popular shooting exhibitions of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Here she paints a picture of the risk to performers […]