Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

Date: May 9, 1902

Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West

My Dear George

Have you sent the Bond back to Mr Clark [3] its necessary he has it soon as possible. Say that contract with Wallenburg [4] — does it state when Wallenburg must pay for land? May be we can get him on that clause— Let me know what Sisters [5] first payment on her 160 is & I will send the money to you

Business is great with me.

When did you get water in town do you think you can keep it coming?

Your friend

W F Cody

Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Brooklyn, New York, May 5-10, 1902. [back]

Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1902. [back]

Note 3: "Mr Clark" may be E. H. Clark, financial manager for Phoebe Hearst, from whom Beck had secured a loan for Shoshone Irrigation Company. [back]

Note 4: "Wallenburg" is likely Gustav Wallenburg, a Swedish immigrant from Chicago, who worked as a land agent in the Big Horn Basin; in 1907 Wallenburg filed but lost a lawsuit against Shoshone Irrigation Company. [back]

Note 5: "Sisters" is a reference to the payment owed by Helen Cody Wetmore (1850-1911), William F. Cody's sister. [back]

Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill: Letters to George T. Beck, 1895-1910 (Acc. #9972), ah031459

Date: May 9, 1902

Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917

Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming

People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943

Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.

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