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William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West , Cody started his legend at the young age of 23.
Billy Buffalo during one of the 2021 home games. William "Billy" the Buffalo (debuted 2000 in Orchard Park, New York) [1] is the official mascot of the NFL's Buffalo Bills.He is an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) blue American buffalo and became the team's full-time mascot in 2000. [1]
William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls , fired a buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls , and for his actions at the Buffalo Wallow Fight became one of eight civilians to be awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor .
The complex can be traced to 1917, when the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association was established after the death of William F. Cody, the original Buffalo Bill. Gradually other elements were added to what started as a historical center. The current seven-acre building has more than 50,000 artifacts and holds five museums. [2]
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Louisa Maud Frederici Cody (May 27, 1844 – October 21, 1921) was the wife of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. She married on March 6, 1866, on her family farm in Arnold, Missouri , and remained in a rocky relationship for 51 years until Cody's death in 1917.
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a 1976 revisionist Western film directed by Robert Altman and based on the 1968 play Indians by Arthur Kopit. It stars Paul Newman as William F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill , along with Geraldine Chaplin , Will Sampson , Joel Grey , Harvey Keitel , and Burt Lancaster as Bill's ...
William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks (c. 1832 – July 29, 1874) was a western lawman and later outlaw.. Brooks was born in Ohio around 1832 where he later became a buffalo hunter in the late-1840s or early-1850s whose success equaled fellow buffalo hunter William F. Cody earning the same nickname of Buffalo Bill.