Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, May 9, 1895 Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Johnston, Jeremy Christianson, Frank Seefeldt, Douglas, 1964- Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. 2013 William F. Cody Archive University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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James F. Asay was a friend of Cody's from Rushville, Nebraska, who was a store owner and trader [See Warren, pages 373-82]. Nate Salsbury had been very ill since autumn 1894 and was unable to help with the active management of BBWW. Shoshone Irrigation Company was organized in 1895 (incorporated in 1896) to run the Cody & Salsbury Canal project [See Bonner]. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck May 9, 1895 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972) ah031271

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Weakly, Laura K. Added annotations Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Clarke, Linda Proofing Boyce, Gary Transcription Adams, Deb Transcription Col. W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) President.Nate Salsbury, Vice Prest & Manager.John M. Burke, General Manager.Albert E. Sheible, Business Manager.Jule Keen, Treasurer.Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

Col. W. F. Cody

Nate Salsbury

The Largest Arenic Exhibition known in History.

Season of 1895.Staff of Jas. A. Bailey, Director of Tour.J. T. McCaddon, Superintendent.W. H. Gardner, Gen'l Agent.M. Coyle, R. R. and Excursion Manager.George O. Starr, Press Agent.C. R. Hutchinson, Treasurer.New York Office, No. 106 W. 37th St.

 Allentown. May 9 1895.1 Dear- George

There is no telling where a letter will reach you. If you get this will you write. Would like to know about the Shoshone Co— allsoalso about the horses at your ranch.

Please write.

Regards to all Bill

P.S. I am simply worked to death— but am getting there. Salsbury has been dangerously ill—2

You see Assay of Rushville is ready to take Indian & find mine3

Write him-4

 Bill Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 9, 1895. Note 2: Very likely a manifestation of the illness that would eventually kill Salsbury in 1902. Note 3: James F. Asay (1854-1906) had been a licensed trader on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, but lost his license in 1891 for selling alcohol on the reservation. He moved his business to nearby Rushville, Nebraska, where he continued to supply goods to Indian customers. William F. Cody was a friend of Asay and often used Rushville as a base for recruiting Lakota performers for Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Note 4: This line and Cody's signature in the postscript are written at an angle in the lower right corner of the page.