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William “Buffalo Bill” West—on popular tours
Cody (1846-1917) was an of the United States and
American scout, buffalo Europe. The shows included

hunter, and Wild West show
calf-roping, daredevil riding,
impresario. He served in
trick shooting, staged
the Union Army during
battles, and speeches, among

the Civil War and was a other acts. The Pamplin
civilian scout for the Army Collection continues to
during the Indian Wars of gather memorabilia from

the late-1860s and1870s. Buffalo Bill events, including
He received the Medal of the objects shown here: a
Honor in 1872. He founded Plains tribe war club, rope,

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West a broadside advertising a
show in 1883, taking a large show, and a movie poster
company of performers— from a 1924 lm starring a

many noted personalities
ctionalized Buffalo Bill, Jr.,
in the late 19th-century who had no relation to the
history of the American
Buffalo Bill Cody we know.