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Colorado - Golden: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave - National Pony Express Centennial Association
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Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, at 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, was opened in 1921 by Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, after his father died in kidney failure in 1917 and was subsequently buried atop Lookout Mountain, overlooking Denver and the Great Plains, where his wife claimed he always wanted to be buried. Louisa Maud Frederici Cody (1843-1921) would be buried next to her husband less than a year after the museum opened.
The Bakers built the "Pahaska Teppe," named after Cody's hunting lodge of the same name outside of Yellowstone Park, to house the artifacts and memorabilia from the life of Buffalo Bill. After Johnny Baker's death in 1931, his wife Olive continued to operate Pahaska Tepee until her own death in 1956, at which point the collection became the property of the City and County of Denver. In 1979, the museum was moved to a new building just north of the Pahaska Tepee, which now serves as a large souvenir shop and cafe offering buffalo.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) born in in Iowa, and after dropping out of school in 1860, rode on for the short-lived Pony Express Company, carrying mail from San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri, and back. During the Civil War, he joined a Jayhawk group, fighting the Confederacy via guerilla style raids in the South, and later served as a Union scout. After the war, he started a hotel in Kansas, but soon sold it to start a freight company, which went out of business when the Indians captured his wagons and horses. After doing some railroad construction work, he became a buffalo hunter, supplying buffalo meat to the railroad gangs building the Transcontinental Railroad. It is said that he killed 4,000 buffalo in just 18 months, earning him his nickname.
From 1868 to 1872, he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, during the Indian Campaigns. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry in action in a battle with Indians on the Platte River, which was later revoked in 1917 because he was not an official member of the military. In late 1883, he formed up a "Wild West" Circus to tour the United States and Europe. The show included mock Indian battles and demonstrations of shooting skill, and became one of the widest known and successful entertainment endeavors in the late 19th and early 20 Centuries.
National Register # 75002189 (1975)
Colorado - Golden: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Image by wallyg
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, at 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, was opened in 1921 by Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, after his father died in kidney failure in 1917 and was subsequently buried atop Lookout Mountain, overlooking Denver and the Great Plains, where his wife claimed he always wanted to be buried. Louisa Maud Frederici Cody (1843-1921) would be buried next to her husband less than a year after the museum opened.
The Bakers built the "Pahaska Teppe," named after Cody's hunting lodge of the same name outside of Yellowstone Park, to house the artifacts and memorabilia from the life of Buffalo Bill. After Johnny Baker's death in 1931, his wife Olive continued to operate Pahaska Tepee until her own death in 1956, at which point the collection became the property of the City and County of Denver. In 1979, the museum was moved to a new building just north of the Pahaska Tepee, which now serves as a large souvenir shop and cafe offering buffalo.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) born in in Iowa, and after dropping out of school in 1860, rode on for the short-lived Pony Express Company, carrying mail from San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri, and back. During the Civil War, he joined a Jayhawk group, fighting the Confederacy via guerilla style raids in the South, and later served as a Union scout. After the war, he started a hotel in Kansas, but soon sold it to start a freight company, which went out of business when the Indians captured his wagons and horses. After doing some railroad construction work, he became a buffalo hunter, supplying buffalo meat to the railroad gangs building the Transcontinental Railroad. It is said that he killed 4,000 buffalo in just 18 months, earning him his nickname.
From 1868 to 1872, he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, during the Indian Campaigns. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry in action in a battle with Indians on the Platte River, which was later revoked in 1917 because he was not an official member of the military. In late 1883, he formed up a "Wild West" Circus to tour the United States and Europe. The show included mock Indian battles and demonstrations of shooting skill, and became one of the widest known and successful entertainment endeavors in the late 19th and early 20 Centuries.
National Register # 75002189 (1975)
Colorado - Golden: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Image by wallyg
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, at 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, was opened in 1921 by Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, after his father died in kidney failure in 1917 and was subsequently buried atop Lookout Mountain, overlooking Denver and the Great Plains, where his wife claimed he always wanted to be buried. Louisa Maud Frederici Cody (1843-1921) would be buried next to her husband less than a year after the museum opened.
The Bakers built the "Pahaska Teppe," named after Cody's hunting lodge of the same name outside of Yellowstone Park, to house the artifacts and memorabilia from the life of Buffalo Bill. After Johnny Baker's death in 1931, his wife Olive continued to operate Pahaska Tepee until her own death in 1956, at which point the collection became the property of the City and County of Denver. In 1979, the museum was moved to a new building just north of the Pahaska Tepee, which now serves as a large souvenir shop and cafe offering buffalo.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) born in in Iowa, and after dropping out of school in 1860, rode on for the short-lived Pony Express Company, carrying mail from San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri, and back. During the Civil War, he joined a Jayhawk group, fighting the Confederacy via guerilla style raids in the South, and later served as a Union scout. After the war, he started a hotel in Kansas, but soon sold it to start a freight company, which went out of business when the Indians captured his wagons and horses. After doing some railroad construction work, he became a buffalo hunter, supplying buffalo meat to the railroad gangs building the Transcontinental Railroad. It is said that he killed 4,000 buffalo in just 18 months, earning him his nickname.
From 1868 to 1872, he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, during the Indian Campaigns. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry in action in a battle with Indians on the Platte River, which was later revoked in 1917 because he was not an official member of the military. In late 1883, he formed up a "Wild West" Circus to tour the United States and Europe. The show included mock Indian battles and demonstrations of shooting skill, and became one of the widest known and successful entertainment endeavors in the late 19th and early 20 Centuries.
National Register # 75002189 (1975)
