Cowgirl schreef:Huh hij heettte toch Wild Bill Hickock???
Nou ja het zadel ziet er wel mooi uit!
Geen Billen doorelkaar halen:
The Buffalo Bill Museum examines both the personal and public lives of W.F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) and seeks to interpret his story in the context of the history and myth of the American West. It is highly regarded as a research center focusing on the life and times of "Buffalo Bill."
Buffalo Bill called his show "an educational exposition on a grand and entertaining scale." One of the greatest outdoor shows of its time, Buffalo Bill's Wild West was a spectacular panorama of cowboys, Indians, trick shooters and specialty acts.
Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band provided the musical accompaniment to all the action in the arena. This group of highly accomplished musicians helped inspire the audience and establish the appropriate mood for what was happening in the arena.
The show ran for 30 years, from 1883 until 1913, touring the United States and Europe with legendary figures such as Sitting Bull and Annie Oakley. ( <=Calamity Jane) While it wasn't possible for millions of Americans to experience the West as he had, Cody simply brought it to their front doors.
Wild Bill Hickok:
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http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/1926 ... hikok.html
'Bill joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in 1876.'
Dan is er ook nog Billy the Kid:
Billy the Kid, 1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New Mexico when he was a child. He frequented saloons and gambling halls and killed several men during his teens. In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling. John S. Chisum and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves. Billy the Kid was captured, tried, and sentenced to death. He escaped but was again trapped and was shot by Sheriff Pat F. Garrett.