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August 4, 1999 Corey and I stopped on visited at the Buffalo Bill Ranch while on our trip out west. This is where Buffalo Bill Cody settled on a ranch just north of North Platte in 1877. At the time, Buffalo Bill was in the midst of his famous Wild West Show, which featured scenes from the "West." Buffalo Bill had ventured into many other occupations before, and after, the Wild West Show.
He began as a Pony Express rider, at one time riding 322 miles in 21 hours, 40 minutes and going through 20 horses. Once the Civil War broke out, he was still too young to enlist, so he became a ranger, dispatch bearer, and scout in Missouri, Kansas, and the Santa Fe Trail. William F. earned his nickname of Buffalo Bill when he won a buffalo-hunting contest.
The Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park encompasses 16 acres of the 4,000 acres of Buffalo Bill's Ranch or Scout's Rest. The house, barn, and outbuildings are preserved and house Buffalo Bill and Wild West memorabilia and artifacts from Chief Sitting Bull. The three-story Victorian house was built in 1886, and was the home for Buffalo Bill, now it is open for the public to see what the times were like when this most famous showman lived.
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