A Tribute to the U.S. Cavalry

"Col. William Cody"

This man pictured above is one of the most famous and well respected Cavalryman that has ever lived. My intent is to educate you about this great man.

His name is William F. Cody, and he was born in 1846, just west of the Mississippi River. During his lifetime he has done a number things to include having been a bullwacker, a mounted messenger, a trapper, a gold prospector, a Pony Express rider, a Cavalry Scout for the 7th Kansas Cavalry, drove a stage coach, operated a hotel, hunted buffalo for the railroad and that is where he earned his nickname Buffalo Bill, and then became on of the most renowned of the prairie scouts. He won the Medal of Honor in 1872. Already heralded in dime novels by 1870, he went on stage portraying himself in 1872. In 1876 he had his most famous encounter, a hand to hand fight with the Cheyenne sub-chief known as Yellow hand(actually Yellow Hair). The date was July 17, just three weeks after Custer and the 7th Cavlarymet disaster on June 25. Cody led a squad of soldiers and scouts in a reckless charge on a like squad of Cheyennes, killing the Indian leader and taking "the first scalp for Custer."

William Cody served with the 7th and the 5th U.S. Cavalry. He also had such friends as Wild Bill Hickok, Texas Jack, Annie Oakley, and Rough Rider himself Teddy Roosevelt. He founded the town Cody, Wyoming. He even took his Wild West Show on tour to England and Europe. On January 10, 1917 William F Cody died in Denver, Colorado, he's buried on Lookout Mountain, Colorado.

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