Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, May 5, 1896Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917Johnston, JeremyChristianson, FrankSeefeldt, 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.2013William F. Cody ArchiveUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnCenter for Digital Research in the Humanities319 Love LibraryUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100cdrh@unlnotes.unl.eduLincoln, NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100wfc.css00477BBWW performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 4-5, 1896. The stenographer is not identified. Horace C. Alger (1857-1906) was a banker from Sheridan, Wyoming, mayor of Sheridan in 1889, and candidate for Governor of Wyoming in 1898. Cody, Beck and Alger were responsible for developing the Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company. Elwood Mead, 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. "Bill" is unidentified.Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917Letter from William F. Cody to George T. BeckMay 5, 18962 pagesUniversity of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972)ah031337-38
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TextsCorrespondenceBuffalo Bill's WyomingBeck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943Alger, Horace Chapin, 1857-1906Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936Shoshone Irrigation District (Wyo.)Weakly, Laura K. Added annotationWeakly, Laura K. Initial encodingHouze, Lynn ProofingJohnston, Jeremy ProofingClark, Linda ProofingBoyce, Gary TranscriptionAdams, Deb TranscriptionBuffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders.of the World.John M. Burke. General Manager.Albert E. Sheible, Business Manager.Jule Keen, Treasurer. Cincinnati1
May 5th2My Dear George—
God Bless the stenographer3 But tell him to take a spin over the works and tell me how much more there is to do between Marquette Creek4 & Sulphur5— & give a guess how long its going to take to finish to Sulphur Creek. Marquette Creek dontdon'tinterrestinterest me Ask him if he can see a grder6 at work— And how it moovesmoves that soil I would like to know that they have been tried before I have to pay for them— besides they are drawing interest— AllsoAlso would like to know something about expenses for April and an estimate to finish up 25000 acres— You did not mention a word about Mead— The vital points that
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders.of the World.John M. Burke. General Manager.Albert E. Sheible, Business Manager.Jule Keen, Treasurer.
I want to know you omit.
Alger drew on me for $3000 which I paid— I will have to hustle for money for May 10th All other members discouraged— they have been fooled in getting water to Sulphur Creek— And the money goes out— What are you going to do with Bill7 & three carpenters? George we are all getting awfully discouraged Something wrong there— Men and teams are not worked to advantage— Too many leaks—
I wish to God you would straighten it out— And make everything moovemove as they should—
Your friendCodyNote 1: Cincinnati, Ohio: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 4-5, 1896. The day's entry in the 1896 Route Diary: "Cincinnati, Ohio. / Tuesday, May 5. Weather fine. J. Frost, of the Irish Lancers, was taken sick with pneumonia and went to hospital to-day. Gay Hudson Piller, Cowboy rider, went over the ropes to-night; the horse knocked down a beacon light, but no one was hurt. Tambourine McCarty, Ken a Kamis and wife, the Japanese fencers, of the Annex, closed here. J. T. McCaddon and M. B. Bailey left for Chicago on the 8.30 train on business for the company. / Business in the afternoon big, in the evening immense. / Lot, Ludlow avenue and Milk Creek, Cumminsville. / Arena, 169 x 430."Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1896 as determined by the Routes List.Note 3: "The stenographer" is not identified, but may have been Daisy May Sorrenson, whom Beck hired to work in the office of Shoshone Irrigation Company; Beck and Sorrenson married in 1897.Note 4: "Marquette Creek" flows into Carter Creek then into the Shoshone River in the South Fork area southeast of Cody.Note 5: "Sulphur Creek" is a natural streambed located west of Cody, Wyoming, flowing north toward the Shoshone River along the base of Cedar Mountain.Note 6: Grader.Note 7: "Bill" is not identified.