Program for Cody & Carver's Rocky Mountain & Prairie Exhibition, with the Famed Scout and Indian Fighter Buffalo Bill (Hon. W.F. Cody), and Dr. W.F. Carver, King of Riflemen, and Acknowledged Champion Marksman of the World, Will Soon Appear in This City. Calhoun Printing Company, Hartford, CT. Salutatory message on first page from General Manager John Burke dated 1883, although Buffalo Bill's programs were printed to be used for a number of stops. Lithographic illustrations include (besides the two principals): buffalo hunt, biography of Major Frank North, "Chief of Pawnee Scouts," Indian pony races, roping wild horses, stagecoach of the "Deadwood Line," Cody standing over Yellow Hand holding his scalp, a stampede, "Medicine" - Mystery Man (Indian Chief), killing of Tall Bull by Buffalo Bill, and Cody as a young scout, plus many smaller illustrations throughout. After the Civil War, the attention of the nation turned West. "Rebels" were no longer the threat, but "Indians" were. William F. Cody had been working as an Army scout and buffalo hunter to feed the crews laying rail across the prairies. He met author Ned Buntline while on a train from California to Nebraska. Shortly thereafter, Buntline wrote Buffalo Bill, the King of Border Men, which two years later turned into a theatrical production, The Scouts of the Prairie, with Cody, Buntline and Texas Jack Omohundro. The show toured for two years, then Buntline left and Cody founded a new group in which he performed part of the year while scouting the rest of the year. Texas Jack later left and formed his own group. It was in 1883 that Cody founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West as an outdoor "Exhibition." In this format he could include wild animals (such as bison), horses, and firearms. There were a number of trick shooting performers, later, of course, including Annie Oakley. Eventually these shows included battle re-enactments, hunts, rodeo events, races, and many Western scenes, even stagecoach and train robberies. It was often the only contact Americans from Eastern cities and Europeans had with American Indians. And the rest, as they say, is history. Cody continued until 1915, but the spirit of the Wild West shows continues today in rodeos and pow-wow culture, as well as "spaghetti Westerns." Condition: Front cover detached, pages brittle as they tend to be. Several pages torn, but paper all present. Previous owners have written dates on several pages. Overall fragile, but seems to be complete.
Program for Cody & Carver's Rocky Mountain & Prairie Exhibition, with the Famed Scout and Indian Fighter Buffalo Bill (Hon. W.F. Cody), and Dr. W.F. Carver, King of Riflemen, and Acknowledged Champion Marksman of the World, Will Soon Appear in This City. Calhoun Printing Company, Hartford, CT. Salutatory message on first page from General Manager John Burke dated 1883, although Buffalo Bill's programs were printed to be used for a number of stops. Lithographic illustrations include (besides the two principals): buffalo hunt, biography of Major Frank North, "Chief of Pawnee Scouts," Indian pony races, roping wild horses, stagecoach of the "Deadwood Line," Cody standing over Yellow Hand holding his scalp, a stampede, "Medicine" - Mystery Man (Indian Chief), killing of Tall Bull by Buffalo Bill, and Cody as a young scout, plus many smaller illustrations throughout. After the Civil War, the attention of the nation turned West. "Rebels" were no longer the threat, but "Indians" were. William F. Cody had been working as an Army scout and buffalo hunter to feed the crews laying rail across the prairies. He met author Ned Buntline while on a train from California to Nebraska. Shortly thereafter, Buntline wrote Buffalo Bill, the King of Border Men, which two years later turned into a theatrical production, The Scouts of the Prairie, with Cody, Buntline and Texas Jack Omohundro. The show toured for two years, then Buntline left and Cody founded a new group in which he performed part of the year while scouting the rest of the year. Texas Jack later left and formed his own group. It was in 1883 that Cody founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West as an outdoor "Exhibition." In this format he could include wild animals (such as bison), horses, and firearms. There were a number of trick shooting performers, later, of course, including Annie Oakley. Eventually these shows included battle re-enactments, hunts, rodeo events, races, and many Western scenes, even stagecoach and train robberies. It was often the only contact Americans from Eastern cities and Europeans had with American Indians. And the rest, as they say, is history. Cody continued until 1915, but the spirit of the Wild West shows continues today in rodeos and pow-wow culture, as well as "spaghetti Westerns." Condition: Front cover detached, pages brittle as they tend to be. Several pages torn, but paper all present. Previous owners have written dates on several pages. Overall fragile, but seems to be complete.
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