Buffalo Bill

LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY

BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846

SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS.  HIS PARENTS, ISAAC AND MARY ANN CODY, TAUGHT HIM TO BE AWARE OF AND RESPECT

THE CREATOR AND HIS CREATION. HIS EARLY EXPOSURE TO IOWA'S VIRGIN FORESTS, FERTILE VALLEYS ROLLING HILLS AND THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER CREATED A LOVE FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS THAT OBSESSED CODY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 

 

LATER EXPERIENCES IN THE STATES OF KANSAS, NEBRASKA,

WYOMING AND COLORADO PROMPTED THE CREATION OF THE "WILD WEST EXHIBITION."  HE LITERALLY CRATED AND SHIPPED A SAMPLE OF THE "WILD WEST" TO CENTERS OF POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND PARTS OF EUROPE. CODY'S "WILD WEST" EXHIBITION INCLUDED COWBOYS, INDIANS, BUFFALO, BUCKING BRONCOS, SHARP SHOOTERS, ROPERS AND THE REENACTMENT OF HISTORIC EVENTS OF THAT ERA. THIS GAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW FIRST HAND A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY THAT HAD CAPTURED THE POPULAR IMAGINATION.

 

"BUFFALO BILL" IS REMEMBERED AS THE "FATHER OF RODEO," THE "FIRST INTERNATIONAL STAR," THE "GREAT EXHIBITOR," AND AS AN OUTSTANDING "GOODWILL AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE."

 

OUR NATION NEEDS TO BE REMINDED OF ITS HEROES, TO PRESERVE ITS HISTORIC PLACES, AND TO CONTINUE THE OBSERVANCE OF ITS HISTORIC DATES. THESE ARE THE TRADITIONS THAT BIND US TOGETHER AS A NATION. ONCE THESE TRADITIONS CEASE TO AROUSE THE PATRIOTISM DEEP WITHIN EACH OF US, OUR NATION WILL BE LIKENED TO "THE WIND ON THE BUFFALO GRASS!" 

 

SPONSORED BY BACKTRAILING BUFFALO BILL CODY

PRESENTED BY THE FLETCHER FAMILY, FEBRUARY 26, 1989

 

 

Submitted by 

Bryan Arnold

@nanowhiskers