Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, April 19, 1908

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, April 19, 1908 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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Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck April 19, 1908 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill: Letters to George T. Beck, 1895-1910 (Acc. #9972) ah031471

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Christianson, Johnston, Houze, Clark Proofreading Boyce, Gary Transcription Adams, Deb Transcription The New Hoffman House, Madison Square, J. P. Caddagan, Manager.

Absolutely Fire Proof. New York, April 19 19081 Dear George—

Did you do anything about a petition to the President2 about the high line canal3?

I will play Washington4 May 18th & 19th. And if I can do anything by seeing the President let me know. I would be pleased to have a letter from you.

The old Wild West will open the 21st.

Yours truly W. F. Cody Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in New York, N.Y., from April 21 through May 9, 1908. Note 2: In 1908 Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States. Note 3: The High Line Canal (later named the Heart Mountain Canal): Envisioned in 1897 by Elwood Mead, this high-elevation gravity canal would irrigate the north side of the Shoshone River in the Big Horn Basin. However, the canal was not built until 1942, when it became necessary to supply the World War II Japanese Internment Camp at Heart Mountain. Note 4: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Washington, D.C., May 18-19, 1908.