In May 1883, the population of the small frontier town Columbus, Nebraska, swelled by 73 people when several passenger cars and six boxcars of equipment and animals rolled into town. The entourage was in the employ of William “Buffalo Bill” Cody and was preparing to embark on an adventure that would last three decades. Columbus was chosen by Cody as the rehearsal site for his newest venture because it was the residence of his good friend, Maj. Frank North, a former leader of the famed Pa


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