Buffalo Bill
One of the most colorful figures of the Old West became the best known spokesman for the New West. He was born William Frederick Cody in Iowa in 1846. At 22, in Kansas, he was rechristened "Buffalo Bill". He had been a trapper, a bullwhacker, a Colorado "Fifty-Niner", Pony Express rider (1860), wagonmaster, stagecoach driver, Civil War soldier, and even hotel manager. He earned his nickname for his skill while supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with buffalo meat. He was about to embark on a career as one of the most illustrious prairie scouts of the Indian Wars.
From 1868 through 1872 he was continously employed by the United States Army, a record in the hazardous and uncertain scouting profession. He won the congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 and was ever after the favorite scout of the Fifth Cavalry. The men of the Fifth considered Buffalo Bill to be "good luck." He kept them from ambush, he guided them to victory, and his own fame reflected glory on the regiment. Cody considered himself lucky too. He was lucky to have been wounded in action just once, and then it was "only a scalp wound." But mostly he felt lucky to have been in the right place at the right time.
In 1872 he appeared on stage for the first time, playing himself in "Scouts of the Prairie." Thereafter he continued to act in the winter and scout for the Fifth in the summer. The Wild West show was inaugurated in Omaha in 1883 with real cowboys and real Indians portraying the "real West." The show spent ten of its thirty years in Europe. In 1887 Buffalo Bill was a feature attraction at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, only Egypt's gyrations rivalled the Wild West as the talk of Chica...
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...hat he really wanted to be buried near Cody, close friends like Goldie Griffith and Johnny Baker, as well as the priest who administered last rites, affirmed that Lookout Mountain was indeed his choice. On June 3, 1917, Buffalo Bill was buried on Lookout Mountain, a promontory with spectacular views of both the mountains and plains, places where he had spent the happiest times of his life.
Louisa, who had married Buffalo Bill back before he became famous, was buried next to her husband four years later. That year, 1921, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum was begun by Johnny Baker, close friend and unofficial foster son to Buffalo Bill. Just as millions of people saw Buffalo Bill in his Wild West shows during his life, millions of persons have visited Buffalo Bill’s grave in the years since 1917. Today it is one of the top visitor attractions in Denver and Colorado.
... A women’s dormitory, on the campus of the University of Wyoming, was named after her: Nellie Tayloe Ross Hall. In 1977, at the age of 101, Nellie died from a fall in her apartment near Washington D.C.. She was buried in Cheyenne, Wyoming (Scheer, 213-214). Her contributions to Wyoming helped pave the way for future generations of politicians as well as women and women’s rights.
Pecos Bill was simply just a fiction character brought into existence by creative authors. Written long after the migration to the west, these stories could not have been “glamorizing” the west to make it seem like a desirable settling place. It would have been irrelevant at that time. Bill was brought into existence purely for the pleasure of reading stories of super strength and ability. O’Reilly even later admitted to inventing the character of Pecos Bill. These stories were put into circulation by a magazine, not passed on through history.
Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois Monday, March 19, 1848 and died Friday January 13, 1929 in Los Angeles, California of the flu. Wyatt Earp is mostly famous for his gun fight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona 1881. But, there are more interesting facts about his life and you will hear them today.
Thousands of people crowded the streets of Paris to watch the funeral on its way to the Church of the Madeleine. The French government honored her with a 21-gun salute, making Josephine Baker the first American woman buried in France with military honors. Her gravesite is in the Cimetiére de Monaco, Monaco.
...f the law." That was a brave suggestion for any Mississippi newspaper editor to make at the time as he was defending a Black, teenage boy. Too Soon To Go After Till's horribly disfigured body was found, he was placed in a pine box and nearly buried, however, Mamie wanted the body to be returned to Chicago. The Chicago funeral home had agreed to have a closed casket, but Mamie fought them on that decision threatening to open it herself, insisting she had a right to see her son. After viewing the body, she also insisted on leaving the casket open for the duration of the funeral to allow people to take photos. News photographs of Till's mutilated corpse circulated around the country, notably appearing in Jet magazine, drawing intense public reaction. Till was buried September 6 in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. The same day, Roy and Milam were indicted by a grand jury.
On March 4th, 1921, Congress approved the commissioning of a tomb of an unknown soldier of World War 1, this soldier will be buried in the new Memorial Amphitheater (“The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”). On Memorial day 1921, U.S. Army Sgt. Edward
In 1965, Bill Cosby married his wife, Camille Hanks. They have celebrated 35 years of marriage, and this year will make 36 years. They had five children: Erika, Erinn, Ens, Evin, and Ennis (who was tragically killed in January of 1997).
Tex Rickard: the story of his life. The man who was known as Tex Rickard, was born on Jan 2, 1870 with the byname of George Lewis Rickard. He led a life of different jobs, I guess you could say he was a jack of all trades. His life, or the part of it that dealt with the gold rush, was what I would say as, short lived. After raising cattle in Texas, and ruling a little town as the town marshal he decided to move on to something different.
The book "Donnie Brasco" is based on the undercover life of the author, Joseph D. Pistone, an F.B.I agent who penetrated one of New York City's five families in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Joseph D. Pistone served in the FBI for 28 years, including six years of undercover life in the New York Bonanno crime family, where he operated as a jewel thief under the name Donnie Brasco. Due to his undercover work, more than 200 members of the Mafia were put behind bars.
George Armstrong Custer was born to Emanuel and Maria Custer in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. Emanuel was a black-smith and farmer by trade. This allowed Custer to learn how to ride horses at a very young age. Custer would ride newly shoed horses around the shop while Emanuel made horseshoes. Custer got the nickname “Autie” as a young boy based off the way he pronounced his middle name, Armstrong. Custer attended school regularly and was known to be very smart. When Custer finished at McNeely Normal School, he accepted a school-teacher position in Cadiz, Ohio in 1856. Custer was enticed by the thought of a free college education and decid...
There have been many different gun control laws proposed in the past few years. One of the most recent and controversial ones has been the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill represented the first comprehensive, federal gun control in twenty-five years. The Brady Bill is an effective way of gun control with its background checks and five-day waiting period.
He was quite remarkable in the fact that he stood 6’ 2” tall. The Pike family, as a rule, is rather short, so it was shocking when he grew to such heights. March 20, 1920 found him in the mountains of West Virginia saying his marriage vows to a pretty little Helen Virginia Jackson. They had traveled to West Virginia for the wedding because Helen was only 15 and the state of Maryland would not allow her to be married so young, West Virginia would though. My cousin Louise remembers going to the big farmhouse for every holiday. “Every cousin imaginable” would gather together for a day of food, laughter and visiting. Something special grandma Helen would do is, set two extra plates for every meal. She did this because of the many people coming through asking for food during the great depression, and after that there was always some kind of family or neighbor dropping in for a
The background story that audiences were told by P.T. Barnum was the same story that the circus had used. Barnum offered a bit more information related to the ‘Wildman’ than the circus did. Audiences were told that William survived by eating raw meat, fruit and nuts: However, he was learning to eat civilized foods. While performing, Zip would never speak and would simply grunt when asked a question or addressed. Barnum stated that Zip was discovered during a gorilla-hunting expedition in Western Africa, near the Gambia River. He also stated that Zip belonged to a naked race of men who traveled about via tree branches.
One of the most visited graves at Arlington is that of President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy traveled the world to promote friendship between the United States and other nations. Americans were shocked when he was shot and killed in Dallas, TX in 1963. His grave is marked with an eternal flame that will burn forever, reminding people of his accomplishments (Reef 44-46).
She became a legendary markswoman of the American West and became famous for performing in the Buffalo Bill Wild West show later in her life. Annie’s fame as a hunter attracted the attention of Jack Frost, the owner of a hotel in Cincinnati. Frost invited Annie to participate in a live pigeon match against Frank Butler. In this competition, Annie hit all 25 of her targets while Frank Butler hit only 24 of his targets. This event was the first accomplishment in Annie’s road to fame. From here, Annie joined the Sell’s Brothers’ circus and performed exhibitions. Due to the dangerous equipment and poor living conditions, Annie led a strike against the circus. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show saw ambition in Annie and she joined their show instead. Annie performed in exhibitions that gave city dwellers a chance to see what the frontier life looked like. The shows contained real Indians, cowboys, cavalry troopers, rough-riding cowgirls, settlers in log cabins, bison, and stagecoaches. Annie also gave shooting lessons to ladies. In Annie Oakley’s time period, most women did not shoot guns. The women were expected to stay in the house, clean, take care of the children, and prepare the food. Annie was one of the first women to become famous for her sharpshooting and marksmanship