Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, August 8, 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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BBWW performed in Auburn, New York, 1895. Horace C. Alger (1857-1906) was a banker from Sheridan, Wyoming, and mayor of Sheridan in 1889 and a candidate for Governor of Wyoming in 1898. Cody, Beck, and Alger were responsible for developing the Shoshone Irrigation Company. Elwood Mead (1858-1936), State engineer of Wyoming and key in drafting water laws for Wyoming and Colorado from 1888 to 1899, was head of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 until his death in 1936. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck August 8, 1895 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972) ah031283

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Alger, Horace Chapin, 1857-1906 Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936 Shoshone Irrigation District (Wyo.) Weakly, Laura K. Added annotations Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Clark, Linda Proofing Boyce, Gary Transcription Adams, Deb Transcription

The Buffalo Bill Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), President.Nate Salsbury, Vice-Pres't and Manager.John M. Burke, . . . General Manager.Albert E. Scheible, . . . Business Manager.Jule Keen, . . . Treasurer. Auburn. Aug 8th1 My Dear Beck

Yours of 4th in it you do not say anything what is best to do— or where I am to write you. Or who is in the new Co—2 So I have nothing to say— as I know nothing— probably Alger will write I wrote Alger that Mead would be there the 18th with a party of men from pl Cincinnati O. who may want to go in with us—

Very truly your friend W. F. Cody Note 1: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1895 as determined by the Routes List: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Auburn, New York, on August 8, 1895. Note 2: Cody's reference to "the new Co" was likely to Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company which later became Shoshone Irrigation Company.