Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, October 4, 1897Cody, 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.css00519BBWW performed in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 4, 1897. C. B. Jones was a land agent from Galesburg, Illinois, who brought settlers to the Big Horn Basin [See Bonner, pp83-86,100-101,103].Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917Letter from William F. Cody to George T. BeckOctober 4, 18971 pageUniversity of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972)ah031422
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TextsCorrespondenceBuffalo Bill's WyomingBeck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943Weakly, 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.Col. W. F. Cody. (Buffalo Bill), President.Nate Salsbury. Vice-President & Manager.John M. Burke. General Manager.Albert E. Sheible, Business Manager.Jule Keen, Treasurer.Memphis. Oct 4th 971My Dear Beck
The Directors2 want to know why construction for Aug was so much and no construction done— You should get expenses down out there. it wontwon't do. you must have a number of people on salary doing nothing. And the rest soldiering on the company. The directors ask me why the expenses are so high. I cantcan't answer them.
Will do all I can to get Jones3 out there with men who will buy—
Hope the placer4 will be a success— I am worn out took 24 hours to get here Two weeks now of long runs. I will be glad to get out there—
Yours—CodyNote 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 4, 1897. Note 2: "Directors" are the investors of Shoshone Irrigation Company, including Bleistein, Gerrans, and Rumsey.Note 3: C. B. Jones was a land agent from Galesburg, Illinois, who brought settlers to the Big Horn Basin.Note 4: Beck filed placer mining claims for Cody and other directors of Shoshone Irrigation Company.