The biggest fight of them all was over his final resting place so a delve into Buffalo Bill and the move to Cody Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Because if you believe the Wyomingans’ version of the story the Great Man does not reside in Lookout Mountain, near Denver in Colorado.
But in his hometown of Cody Yellowstone.
And that the Coloradans buried a vagrant there and claimed it was Bill, while they have the real man.
Bill and his pals
To cover our bases though, and because his legend has endured from the days his Rough Riders rode into my own hometown of Glasgow I paid homage on our Coloradan trip.
And learned of Buffalo Bill and the move to Cody Yellowstone, Wyoming.
And learned of his friendship with Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley and how he had the great and good of the Old and New Worlds eating out of his hand.
So it will come as little surprise to you then that he brought Teddy Roosevelt and the Prince of Monaco to Cody’s Hunting Lodge… there’s a party.
Of course you can channel your inner Bill in the Great American West in Pahaska Teepee.
Go riding (June to August) and even stay in the modern cabin-style rooms
And eat and drink like a cowboy (well, maybe a wee bit higher-end) in their full service bar and restaurant.
Life’s a Butch
Of course not every cowboy sought the grandstand because, of course, they were hiding out from the law.
And Wild West fans and tourists will lap up the Old Trail Town/Museum of the Old West.
It’s an enclave of 27 authentic frontier buildings, including one used by Butch Cassidy and his Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.
Now our Wild West heroes used horses, stagecoaches, trains, and in Bill’s case the ship to get about.
You, of course, can get out to Cody by big bird with United Airlines, a 13hr 19mins trip from London, via Denver, and into Bill’s birthplace from €1,055pp.
