Title: Opening of Buffalo Bill's Show
Periodical: Paisley Daily Express
Date: November 17, 1891
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OPENING OF BUFFALO BILL'S SHOW.
Buffalo Bill's famous and novel show was thrown open to the people of Scotland last night, and the spacious building, as was expected, was well filled. In the lengthy programme, there is revealed a living picture of the chief features of pioneer life in America, and by means of the large company of performers—about 180 horses, mustangs, and buffaloes, effectively arranged tableaux and panoramic scenery—the Indian life in the far west is produced in most realistic fashion. Throughout the entertainment there are agreeable interludes of cowboy fun, Tyrolean singing, Indian dancing, gun and revolver shooting, and a clever piece of whip-cracking by Buffalo Bill. Amongst the most notable scenes are the prairie fire, the Custer massacre, and the cyclone effect. The performance is, without doubt, one of the most interesting and instructive that may be seen, and we are sure many Paisley folks will pay it a visit.
Title: Opening of Buffalo Bill's Show
Periodical: Paisley Daily Express
Date: November 17, 1891
Topics: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
Keywords: American bison American Indians Cowboys Cyclones Dennistoun (Glasgow, Scotland) Exhibition buildings Firearms Frontier and pioneer life Grassland fires Historical reenactments Horses Indian dance--North America Indians of North America--Social life and customs Indians of North America Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 Mules Sharpshooters Targets (Shooting) Theaters--Stage setting and scenery Traveling exhibitions
People: Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
Place: Paisley (Scotland)
Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.
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