Papers of Buffalo Bill
Photo of William Fredrick Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, with Colonel Dyer riding horses.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1911-1932 bulk (bulk 1912-1916)
Correspondence, photographs, financial records, and legal papers relating to operations at the Campo Bonito Mine. Chiefly correspondence between Cody and Ernest J. Ewing concerning mine operations. Also includes other business letters, financial records, legal papers, and photographs of Cody, Dyer, and Campo Bonito.
American scout and showman. William Frederick Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, operated Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other business ventures from 1883 on. The Campo Bonito Mine, Oracle, Ariz. was owned by the Cody-Dyer Arizona Mining and Milling Company. Partners were Cody and Col. J.E. Dyer; Ernest J. Ewing was the manager.
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