Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1883, Buffalo Bill's Wild West was founded in Omaha, Nebraska when Buffalo Bill Cody turned his real life adventure into the first outdoor western show. [8] The show's publicist Arizona John Burke employed innovative techniques at the time, such as celebrity endorsements, press kits, publicity stunts, op-ed articles, billboards and product licensing, that contributed to the success and ...
Pate Boone Wild West Show; Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show; Poe's Wild West Show (1913–1915) Texas Jack's Wild West (1901–1905) Texas Jay Davis & Sons Wild West Rodeo (1930s, 1940s) Young Buffalo Wild West Annie Oakley and Chief Red Shirt; Most Wild West shows did not include the word "show" in their name since the term indicated that the ...
This was actually a combination circus and wild west show, and the performance was presented in a tent rather than the usual canvas canopy and open air arena type performance used by most wild west shows. The Kit Carson show had many circus-type acts. For 1911 one train inventory shows a total of 12 cars, 1 advance, 3 stocks, 5 flats, and 3 ...
The Miller brothers entered the Wild West Show business late, and suffered financially along with other shows after the invention of motion pictures. Their show had more problems than most in a business that was harsh in the best of times. During their first year on the circuit, they suffered a serious railroad accident.
The Wild West traveled throughout Great Britain in a tour in 1902 and 1903 and a tour in 1904, performing in nearly every city large enough to support it. [ 3 ] : 439 The 1905 tour began in April with a two-month run in Paris, after which the show traveled around France, performing mostly one-night stands, concluding in December.
Irakli Makharadze, Georgian Trick Riders in American Wild West Shows, 1890s-1920s,McFarland, 2015. Frank Dean, Trick and Fancy Riding (The Caxton Printers, ltd. Caldwell, Idaho 83605, 1975). Sarah J. Blackstone, "Buckskins, Bullets, and Business a History of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West", Contributions to the study of popular culture , number 14 ...
Colorado: The Buckhorn Exchange (1893) Denver. Opened in 1893 by Buffalo Bill's former scout, The Buckhorn Exchange hasn’t lost an ounce of its Old West core — old guns, frontier memorabilia ...
He took the boy to safety in Fort Worth, and the boy later took the name Texas Jack Jr. in homage, going on to run the Texas Jack's Wild West Show and Circus in 1903 in South Africa. [ 4 ] In 1869, Texas Jack moved to Fort Hays , Kansas, where he met California Joe Milner and Wild Bill Hickok , the latter being sheriff of Ellis County at the time.