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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 ...
In 1887 May debuted at a sharpshooter for Pawnee Bill's Great Wild West Show and was billed as 'the greatest Lady Horseback Rifle-shot of the World'. May traveled the country with her husband's show and was one of the first women to perform as an equestrian and shooter in American Wild West shows.
The following is a list of Wild West shows: Allen Bros. Wild West (1929–1934) – Charles and Mert H. Allen; Arlington & Beckman's Oklahoma Ranch Wild West (1913) – Edward Arlington and Fred Beckman; A. S. Lewis Big Shows (1910) Austin Bros. 3 Ring Circus and Real Wild West (1945) Barrett Shows and Oklahoma Bill's Wild West (1920)
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
Mamie Francis Hafley (1885–1950), born Elba Mae Ghent, was a performer in Wild West shows and rodeos from about 1901 until 1940. She was famous for her daring horse-diving act that involved jumping off a 50-foot tower into a pool of water, for her sharpshooting ability from the back of a galloping horse, and for her high school horse-riding acts.
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Lillian Frances Smith (August 4, 1871 [nb 1] – February 3, 1930) [4] was an American trick shooter and trick rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1886, at the age of fourteen. [5] She was billed as "the champion California huntress," [ 6 ] and was a direct rival to Annie Oakley in the show.
Sharpshooter who joined the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show in 1909. He appeared in Western films starting in 1910 and when he appeared at the Hippodrome in New York, 1928, he broke all attendance records. [96] [97] [98] Marshall Montgomery 1886 September 30, 1942 American Comic musician and ventriloquist. [99] Montrose and Allen American