Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

Date: July 18, 1899

Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917

More metadata
 

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Binghamton. N. Y. [1]
July 18th 99

My Dear Beck

I was glad to hear that you had been to see the Coal fiends [2] — Dont you think it a good proposition to look after— Am anxious to hear where the Surveyors are at— Wish you could go down and trace the croppings. And I think we had better do some stakeing and fileing— dont you? let me hear from you on the subject— Hope you will all have a nice time on the pleasure trip [3] — remember Remington [4] has a mouth and likes his toddy— so stay with him. Gerrans says that whiskey is the best—

Cody

Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Binghamton, New York, on July 18, 1899. [back]

Note 2: Cody likely meant to inscribe "Coal fields." [back]

Note 3: In the summer of 1899 the famous painter and sculptor Frederic Remington (1861-1909) came to Cody, Wyoming, after accepting an invitation from Cody. George Beck and wife Daisy would take William F. Cody's family and the Remingtons to Carter Mountain Ranch and Irma Lake. [back]

Note 4: Frederic Remington (1861-1909), an American painter and sculptor famous for his portrayals of the American West, was an acquaintance and friend of Cody's and Beck's. [back]

Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill: Letters to George T. Beck, 1895-1910 (Acc. #9972), ah031445

Date: July 18, 1899

Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917

Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming

People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943

Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.

Editorial Statement | Conditions of Use

TEI encoded XML: View wfc.css00536.xml

Back to top