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“Buffalo Bill” Cody (born)
February 26, 2021
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Feb 26, 1846 – Jan 10, 1917
Born in Iowa Territory
opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska
launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more
“Westward the course of empire takes its way.”
Annie Oakley broke ground when she and her husband and manager, Frank Butler, joined Buffalo Bill early in 1885
Lillian Smith toured as a teenager with Buffalo Bill