Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne. Scotsman Peter McCulloch ramrodded a crew that trailed 3,800 head of...
From the Basin to the Plains
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Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill and the Bison
The showman helped save the species. Buffalo Bill Cody made his name and reputation in killing large numbers of American bison. And yet he also...
Buffalo Bill Takes the Stage
Cody uses his own story to draw audiences. December 16, 1872. Scouts of the Prairie takes the stage in Chicago. The show features writer Ned...
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody: A Star is Born
Myth is based on what we would like to believe while Legend takes the truth and enhances its meaning across the passage of time. The era of the “Old...
Cody, Wyoming
The town is expecting an economic boost from Yellowstone National Park mania. As a gateway town 50 miles from Yellowstone National...
The Great American Adventure Sponsored by Park County, Wyoming
The West isn’t just a direction. It's not just a mark on the map or a point on a compass. The West is our heritage and our soul. It’s our parents...
Wild Bill
Wild Bill Hickok was very likely a good marksman with a handgun, which was something of a rarity on the frontier; he also was supposedly a very...
More Favorite Smoke Wagons
Reading the pulp westerns one would conclude that the Colt revolver was the only pistol used in the Old West. Remington built a fine six-shooter and...
The Best of Butch’s Wild Bunch
How the real outlaws who rode and robbed from Montana to Bolivia became cinema heroes.