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

Date: April 20, 19[11]

Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined With Pawnee Bill's Great Far East.

Dear George

Bob Haslam [3] showed me your letters poor fellow he is in a bad way paralized and broke. I am helping him but I have so many to help— its quite a draw on me.

President Taft [4] enjoyed the show. And sent me a nice letter.

Hope you are all well

love to family

Col

Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East performed in Baltimore, Maryland, April 19-20, 1911. [back]

Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1911. [back]

Note 3: Robert "Pony Bob" Haslam (1840-1912), was born in London, England, and died in Chicago, Illinois; Haslam is famous for having made the longest trip in Pony Express history: 120 miles in eight hours and twenty minutes. Haslam died at the age of 72 in poverty after suffering a stroke. [back]

Note 4: President Howard Taft (1857-1930). [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), ah031475

Date: April 20, 19[11]

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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