The buffalo were real, to begin with. So was Bill Cody. He had grown up in Kansas during the period of intensive Western migration, had served as a scout during the Indian Wars, and had even ...
In terms of the Bills, they have a famous figure from the Wild West to thank for the origin of their name. When NFL fans ...
The buffalo supplied the Plains Indians -- Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and Blackfoot among others - with almost everything they needed. Hides were dressed and made into clothing and stretched onto poles ...
The history of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody here in Colorado extends all the way to the 1850s. His shows traveled the country in the late 19th century. What is perhaps lesser known is who was part ...
Many of ground-breaking photographer Gertrude Käsebier's portrait subjects were working and traveling with William "Buffalo Bill" Cody’s Wild West ... Portrait of American Horse and wife, Sioux ...
and 97 Indians, many of whom dreaded any passage over "the Big Water." Buffalo Bill was off to "show the effete Europeans just what real life in America is like," the New York Times said ...