That show was foreclosed on when it was playing in Denver, Colorado. Because he passed away in the middle of the winter the road to Lookout Mountain, the spot where he wanted to be buried, was impassable. Cody's relatives objected, and over 72 years they wrote repeatedly to Congress seeking reconsideration. This showman and legend of the Wild, Wild West toured the entire globe with his performing troupe, but one of his most infamous engagements took place right here in Cleveland. The legal brief he drafted and submitted to the Department of Defense on behalf of the relatives of Buffalo Bill argued that civilian scouts were technically officers, as their native American counterparts were nominally scouts however they were given the rank and pay of officers – both for retention purposes, but also scouts were the equivalent of "reconnaissance" for the military and thus provided highly valued services. "Rough riders in the cradle of civilization: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Italy and the challenge of American cultural scarcity at the fin-de-siècle". He was so impressed by the development possibilities from irrigation, rich soil, grand scenery, hunting, and proximity to Yellowstone Park that he returned in the mid-1890s to start a town. [9], Cody claimed to have had many jobs, including trapper, bullwhacker, "Fifty-Niner" in Colorado, Pony Express rider in 1860, wagonmaster, stagecoach driver, and a hotel manager, but historians have had difficulty documenting them. Two died young, while the family was living in Rochester, New York. He signed with them, and after building several stations and corrals, Cody was given a job as a rider. The town was incorporated in 1901. Cody's change of mind was not due to any improvement in his relationship with Frederici but rather was due to the death of their daughter, Arta Louise, in 1904 from "organic trouble. [56] It contained several errors, in part because it was completed after Cody's death in January 1917. He began working with a freight caravan that delivered supplies to Fort Laramie in present-day Wyoming. 12/02/98. When you pass by monday night en route to the Bills-Broncos game, you'll notice - if you haven't already - a small landscaped cemetery surrounded by a fence. [13], In 1867, with the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway completing through Hays City and Rome, Cody was granted a leave of absence to hunt buffalo to supply railroad construction workers with meat. This furthered Cody's determination to get Frederici to agree to a "quiet legal separation," to avoid "war and publicity. Although Buffalo Bill's known famous kin are not as extensive as other historical figures, he still has a number of well known people he can count as cousins. Petrik, Paula (1991). Cody earned the nickname by killing 4,860 American Bison (commonly known as buffalo) in eight months (1867–68). 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