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cowgirls and Buffalo Bill Cody.
Cowgirls and Buffalo Bill Cody
In 1882, while visiting his home and ranch near North
Platte, Nebraska, "Buffalo Bill" Cody organized and put on a rodeo-type
of event for the town’s Fourth of July celebration. Though these types
of events weren't called a "rodeo" at the time, it was as much the kind of event
that would later be known as a rodeo as anything else held in those days.
Buffalo Bill was thrilled with the show's overwhelming success, and decided to
form a traveling Wild West show. Less than a year later, on May 17, 1883,
Buffalo Bill Cody debuted his first
official Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska. It too, was a huge success. Buffalo
Bill's Wild West show, in one form or another, traveled America and abroad for
30 years. Besides capitalizing on and contributing to the early
popularity of what would one day be called a rodeo, Buffalo Bill made another
significant contribution to the early form of the sport: He added women to the
show.
Two years after debuting
his first Wild West show Buffalo Bill and his partner at the time, Nate Salsbury,
hired a 25 year old markswoman with the stage name of Annie Oakley. Annie was
given billing with the show, a high honor. Decidedly feminine in appearance but
a total master of a what was then considered to be a masculine skill, Annie
thrilled the crowds wherever the show traveled. Annie’s success with the crowds was so huge that Buffalo Bill began hiring
other women for important, even featured, roles in his shows. Within the next
few years he had hired Lillian Smith, another outstanding markswoman, Mrs.
Georgie Duffy (known as the “Rough Rider From Wyoming”) and Emma Lake Thatcher,
(billed as Emma Hickock), an outstanding equestrienne, to name just a few.
Buying Framed Cowgirl Posters and Art Prints
- Be sure to check the shipping charges on any eBay
purchase, but also particularly framed posters and art prints. Framed
artwork can be bulky and heavy to ship. Be sure you understand and agree to
any shipping charges.
- Is shipping insurance included or available?
Remember, framed posters or art prints will probably include glass.
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