Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined With Pawnee Bill's Great Far East.
Zanesville, O. Jun. 29th [1] The Elwells [2]My Very Dear Friends
So glad to get your letters and know that you are well and prosperous. But still the Call of the Wild is in your hearts. How I long for the Mountains and sage brush. I cannot be truly happy away from there. Maby we may meet out in our glorious Mountains again. I am well.
Love to all Col
My grand son Cody [3] is at Pahaska [4] . and the other day killed a Bear— The help had sit up with him 3 nights
Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East performed in Zanesville, Ohio, on June 29, 1912. [back]
Note 2: Robert Farrington Elwell (1874-1962) and his wife, Mary Ellen (Taylor) Elwell. [back]
Note 3: Most likely William Cody Boal (1896-1962), son of Arta Cody. [back]
Note 4: Pahaska Tepee, a hunting and tourist lodge opened by William F. Cody near the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park in 1904. [back]
