William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Cossacks mounted on horses

Five Cossack men mounted on dark horses in three rows with two flags flying in the background. The men wear hats, chokhas and swords. Cossacks with Buffalo Bill's Wild West were trick riders from Georgia.

Title: Cossacks mounted on horses

Keywords: Men Horses Wild west shows

Date: 1890 ca.

Type: photograph

Format: 5.625 x 4 b&w photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.6.208

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Cossacks mounted on horses