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Col. William F. Cody, 1889 Rosa Bonheur (1882-1899) o/c, 18.5" x 15.25" Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY Given in memory of William R. Coe and Mai Rogers Coe; 8.66 |
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William Frederick Cody
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| No one symbolized the West for America and Europeans better than Buffalo Bill. Born on the Iowa prairie in 1846, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, for whom the Wyoming town is named, was an authentic western hero. He grew up taking part in many of the events that shaped America and the West. As a boy, he worked as a bullwhacker and mounted messenger for a freight-hauling company, and later joined the gold rush to Pike's Peak and rode for the Pony Express. During the Civil War, he served with a Union guerrilla group known as the Kansas Jayhawkers. As a hunter supplying meat for workers building the transcontinental railroad, he earned the nickname Buffalo Bill. Later, his fame was cemented as a civilian scout for the Army, when he won the Medal of Honor. In 1883 he put the epic western experience into an orderly narrative arena show called Buffalo Bill's Wild West, which toured the United States and Europe for 30 years. | |||
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Madonna of the Prairie, 1921
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild
West:
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| The Buffalo Bill Historical Center (BBHC),
located in Cody Wyoming, houses thousands upon thousands of priceless
treasures, related to the art, history, ethnology and technology of
the American West.
This exhibition features over 100 icons of art, photographs, western memorabilia, firearms, paintings, sculpture, artifacts, clothing, and decorative art. Among the artists and sculptors represented are; Rosa Bonheur, Charles Russell, Frederic Remington, Albert Bierstadt, William R. Leigh, Paul Manship and Alexander Phimister Proctor. |
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Custer's Last Stand, 1899
Edgar S. Paxson (1852-1919) o/c, 70.5" x 106" Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY |
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| The BBHC is comprised of five museums accumulatively depicting the spirit of the frontier saga to the current day changing perception and interpretation of people and places of the West. Buffalo Bill Museum houses Buffalo Bill’s personal articles and momentos, the Whitney Gallery features historic masterworks of American painting and sculpture, the Plains Indian Museum interprets the lives and culture of 27 Native American tribes, the Cody Firearms Museum depicts the development of projectile weapons and the Draper Museum opening in 2002 will promote the understanding and appreciation of the relationships of humans and nature. | |||
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Coming Through the Rye, c. 1902 Frederic Remington (1861-1909) bronze, cast #7, 27.5" x 28" x 19" Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY Gift of Barbara S. Leggett; 5.66 |
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Fleischer Museum
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| Fleischer Museum opened in 1990 as the first museum dedicated to American Impressionism, California school (1890-1930s). While the focus of the Fleischer collection is on American Impressionism, the museum's perspective has broadened with the acquisition of Russian and Soviet Impressionism from the Cold War era (1930-1980s). The Museum is open daily to the public from 10 am to 4 pm and is closed holidays. Admission is $5.00 for adults, students 18 & under free. Tours are available by appointment. | |||
