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Wyoming has the Buffalo Bill Dam and
Cody, Wyoming and it's local newspaper, the Cody Enterprise, all founded by one of the most famous figures of the Old West, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Streets in the town were named after his associates: Beck, Alger, Rumsey, Bleistein, and Salsbury. The town's Irma Hotel was named after his daughter.

Buffalo Bill was a bison hunter,
>Cody killed 4,282 buffalo in eighteen months in 1867 and 1868. Cody and another hunter, Bill Comstock, competed in an eight-hour buffalo-shooting match over the exclusive right to use the name "Buffalo Bill," which Cody won by killing 68 animals to Comstock's 48
that became world-famous for his "Wild West" shows.
>his Buffalo Bill's Wild West was large touring company that did shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. At the turn of the 20th century, Cody was the most recognizable celebrity on Earth. Upon the news of Cody's death, tributes were made by King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and President Woodrow Wilson.
He was also a soldier,
>During the Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the wa
a Pony Express rider,
>became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15
a scout,
>he served as a civilian scout for the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. While he was initially awarded the Medal of Honor in 1872. From his post in Fort Larned, he performed an exceptional feat of riding as a lone dispatch courier from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah (escaping brief capture), Fort Zarah to Fort Hays, Fort Hays to Fort Dodge, Fort Dodge to Fort Larned, and, finally, Fort Larned to Fort Hays, a total of 350 miles in 58 hours through hostile territory, covering the last 35 miles on foot. In response, General Philip Sheridan assigned him Chief of Scouts for the 5th Cavalry Regiment. He was also Chief of Scouts for the Third Cavalry in later campaigns of the Plains Wars.
and an Indian fighter. The Buffalo Bills football team is named in his honor.