The railroads may have built North Platte, but it was the Old West’s most renowned showman who put the Nebraska town on the map. In 1882, town leaders asked one of their residents if he could put together something special for their upcoming Fourth of July celebration. So William F. Cody staged a little riding and roping show. The cowboy circus was so successful, he staged the “Wild West Combination” in Omaha the following year. Soon, Buffalo Bill was touring his Wild West show, a trave
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