Monday, August 20, 2007

William F. Cody


Scan000010034, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 8/20/2007 06:02:00 AM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

At the wheel of a Atlas. Photo taken in Springfield Mass, home of the Atlas motor car from 1907 to 1911-13. McClintock had dated this as 1900 which was incorrect. Maybe someone with the Buffalo Bill route can help put the correct date with this.
P.J.Holmes

20 August, 2007 10:10
Anonymous said...

Whether on horseback, in a carriage or early automobile, Cody would probably have objected to being termed a "cowboy." Guide, scout, plainsman, buffalo hunter, thespian, Wild West re-enactor and proprietor, all of those would have been OK, but likely not cowboy.

20 August, 2007 10:14
Anonymous said...

I lived in Cody, Wyoming (which Buffalo- I just typed "Buggalo"- Bill founded) and frequented the BB Historical Center which has the country's most complete collection of his memorabilia. I disagree with anonymous that BB would have disliked being called a cowboy. He had great respect for these men and their profession and spent his life around them; I suspect he would have been honored.

(However, maybe you're right- he spent more time with bison than cattle, so perhaps he would have preferred to be called a "buffaloboy"?)

20 August, 2007 23:45
Anonymous said...

Well, my daddy saw Buffalo Bill with the Floto show in Dallas in 1914 and he was still talking about it on his deathbed. It was one of the great experiences of his life.

HIS daddy told of seeing Jumbo with the Barnum show. Talked about it all his life.

And I saw Clyde Beatty with the 1943 Clyde Beatty-Wallace Bros Circus and I'm still going on about it.

21 August, 2007 21:29
Anonymous said...

The occupation of cowboy suggests: cow herd management and movement; roping; branding; and associated skills. That doesn't typify any aspect of Cody's life. My point is that he wouldn't have dis-honored cowboys by being called one, when he wasn't one.

Check the Springfield dates on July 4, 1908 and May 13, 1911.

21 August, 2007 21:34
Anonymous said...

I have no way to check Springfield dates of 1908 or any other time; but I still disagree with you, he was as much a cowboy as any other, and often rode herd on his T.E. Ranch in Cody when he lived there. We are all entitled to our opinion about a man who's been dead and buried for decades.

After I'm dead and buried, should I end up in the same place as Mr. Cody, I'll ask him and get back to you. It'll be a while, I suspect.

22 August, 2007 00:55
Anonymous said...

I'm sitting here considering how I, a true blue American, have come to a point in my life when I don't even know the definition of a "cowboy". Thanks so much, anonymous, for clearing that up...

22 August, 2007 01:08
Anonymous said...

thank you for the route information.
P.J.

22 August, 2007 18:53

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