Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: September 6, 1895
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Sept 6 1895
Dated Johnstown Pa 6 [2]
To Geo. T. Beck
McTagues Hotel
[3]
Wire me about paxton others
When do you go Sheridan
W F Cody
Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1895. [back]
Note 3: McTagues Hotel: James Hugh McTague (1858-1926), the owner of a catering service in Omaha, Nebraska, who opened a basement saloon with partner Charles Little under the name of Little & McTague. McTague later opened a European-style hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, before relocating to Missouri. [back]
Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386, ah10386_0016
Date: September 6, 1895
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.
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