Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, September 25 [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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Letter is dated 1895: BBWW performed in Newark, New Jersey, on September 25-26, 1895. George Canfield, an old friend of Cody's from Omaha, was the former owner of the Canfield House in Omaha. Cody incorporated the W. F. Cody Hotel Co. in 1894 and purchased the inventory of the Sheridan Inn in Sheridan, Wyoming, making him one third owner with Canfield who managed both the Inn and the W. F. Cody Transportation Company. Cody had many ideas of developing the springs located on the western edge of Cody, Wyoming. The "Springs" became known as DeMaris Springs. Charles DeMaris (1827-1914) filed for and received water rights at the site, and built tourist facilities there. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck September 25 [1895] 2 pages University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972) ah031296-97

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming W. F. Cody Transportation Company Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Canfield, George, 1836-1899 Canfield, Sherman D., 1865-1939 DeMaris, Charles, 1827-1914 Weakly, Laura K. Added annotation 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. NewArk1 Sep 252 My Dear George—

Oh if I could get just one hour of quiet rest I am flooded with callers so near N. Y. Say George let me hear from you. Canfield3 wants me to build a cheap Hotel for and he to run it at the Springs4— But I think the Co should be interrestedinterested and the Hotel5 built in Town & pipe water but I cantcan't tell. Will you post me? George— Salsbury & Bleistein suggest the streets be named after Leading Generals union & Southern armies. And wide streets & high License to keep out cheap gin mills— How much lumber can that little saw mill furnish. You ought to contract for the lumber you want for headgate

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. And we must build some kind of a house for headquarters.

But ceartainlycertainly you are attending to these things—

Cody

For K Christ hire some one to write me

 Note 1: Newark, New Jersey. Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1895 as determined by the Routes List: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Newark, New Jersey, on September 25-26, 1895. Note 3: Cody incorporated the W. F. Cody Hotel Company in 1894 and purchased the inventory of the Sheridan Inn in Sheridan, Wyoming, making him one third owner with Sherman Canfield who managed both the Inn and the W. F. Cody Transportation Company. Note 4: Cody had many ideas for developing the springs located on the western edge of Cody, Wyoming. The "Springs" became known as DeMaris Springs after Charles DeMaris (1827-1914), who filed for and received water rights at the site to build tourist facilities there. Note 5: The Irma Hotel had its grand opening on November 18, 1902, and remains a prominent landmark in the town.