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Also Known As William Frederick Cody
Born February 26, 1846 • Iowa
Died January 10, 1917 (aged 70) • Denver • Colorado
Awards And Honors Medal of Honor

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William Cody, 1916.
Scout's Rest Ranch, home of William F. (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody, outside North Platte, Nebraska.
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Letter from Buffalo Bill
Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World
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Buffalo Bill. William Frederick Cody. Circus poster, I am coming, Col. W.F. Cody. Portrait of Buffalo Bill (1846-1917) on stampeding bison (buffalo). Folk hero of the American West. Chromolithograph, c1900
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