Buffalo Gal

When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West offered its performance spectacle between 1883 and 1916 before audiences across the United States and Europe,  the appearance of his “Buffalo Gals” performing dangerous feats of trick riding drew audience attention and apprehension. They made up the “American Amazon Act” with the promoter’s promise they would “thrill and entertain.” Buffalo Bill Cody referred to the performers as a “mixture of feminine delicacy and masculine will.” Their cou