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American showman

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Buffalo Bill
William Cody in 1916.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Mail delivery
A Pony Express rider crossing the plains in 1860.
Underwood Archives—Archive Photos/Getty Images
Dramatizing the West
A poster advertises Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1899.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Home on the range
Scout's Rest Ranch, home of William F. (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody, outside North Platte,...
© George Burba/Shutterstock.com
Cody, William F.
William F. Cody.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-22029)
Letter from Buffalo Bill
Letter from Buffalo Bill to Brigadier General Leonard Wright Colby describing the...
Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C. (ARC Identifier 901939)
Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
Sitting Bull (left) and Buffalo Bill, 1885.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-21207)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, lithograph,...
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming/Gift of John S. Bugas and Glenn E. Nielson, Accession No. 1.69.1813