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Three Imagined Scenes

Posted: December 17, 2024

Scene One, the front porch of Bill’s ranch house, the Spring of 1878. Bill was…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature, Uncategorized

Cody operated on local turf. He built his reputation on adventures purported to have occurred…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature, Stories
More Intimate Family Recollection

Posted: November 21, 2024

Will’s heart was sick, the shouts seemed strangely out of place. But there was no…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature Tags: Buffalo Tales
Next, a bit of Buffalo Bill’s History

Posted: November 14, 2024

America needed heroes, righteous figures in white hats, atop a trusty steed, flag flying as…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature, Stories

The skirmishes between tribes were an ongoing part of daily life. The introduction of the…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature, Stories
An Account Of Pressure Erupting

Posted: October 31, 2024

The following account, a rare instance of a written record, comes from historynet.com. The fighting…

Categories: History, Stories Tags: buffalo
Mr Cody Steps On Our Stage

Posted: October 24, 2024

It is hard to imagine any time or place on Earth when so radical a…

People: Bill Cody Categories: History, Literature, Stories
Bruce E Whitacre

Posted: October 22, 2024

During poetry month, April 2023, Kearney Public Library welcomed a new poet among us. It…