For anyone captivated by the legend of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, his namesake town of Cody, Wyoming, is an essential pilgrimage. Nestled on the eastern edge of Yellowstone National Park ...

A group of 35 German immigrants from Davenport, Iowa, arrived on La Grande Isle in the Platte River, establishing the first ...

A poster from one of Buffalo Bill Cody’s tours. Over the winter of 1884-1885, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show performed at Oakland Park on the grounds of what is now Metairie Cemetery.

John C. Reilly plays Buffalo Bill Cody in 'Heads or Tails?,' a cheerfully deranged genre riff from directors Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis.

The Buffalo Bill Cultural Center, just off U.S. Highway 83 near Oakley, Kansas, features a 16-foot-tall sculpture honoring William F. Cody's victory in a 1860s bison-hunting contest with William ...

For decades, Bill Carle and his family had run the city's best souvenir store and cafe out of the circa 1921 Pahaska Tepee, a structure built by Johnny Baker, William F. Cody's adopted son, that ...

But Cody, who routinely used the “last appearance” term to promote increased attendance, appeared again in Vallejo for an April 28, 1914, event even after his original show went bankrupt in 1913.

This year's show returns, June 28-29, at Cody Elementary. It's the largest fundraiser of the year for LeClaire's Buffalo Bill Museum. Here's how to get tickets.