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* [[October 23]], [[1895]] | * [[October 23]], [[1895]] | ||
* [[October 16]], [[1901]]: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders" with "Baden-Powell's Heroes of Mafeking", "Oom Paul's Brave Boers", "The Battle of Tien-Tsin", the "Capture of Pekin", the "U. S. Life Saving Service", a "Genuine Guard of Canadian Mounted Rifles", Annie Oakley, and Johnny Baker. Advance reserve tickets were sold at [[Norton's Drug Store]]. | * [[October 16]], [[1901]]: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders" with "Baden-Powell's Heroes of Mafeking", "Oom Paul's Brave Boers", "The Battle of Tien-Tsin", the "Capture of Pekin", the "U. S. Life Saving Service", a "Genuine Guard of Canadian Mounted Rifles", Annie Oakley, and Johnny Baker. Advance reserve tickets were sold at [[Norton's Drug Store]]. | ||
* [[October 13]], [[1909]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West | * [[October 13]], [[1909]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill’s Far East''' promised Roughriders, Indians, Cowboys, Arabs, Soldiers, Cossacks, Mexicans, Wild West Girls, Plainsmen, Lancers, Artillery, Vaqueros, Japanese, Marksmen, Ruralies, Zouaves, Cavalry, and Dragoons alongside displays of horsemanship, savagery, riding, athletes, battles, horses, lassoing, frolics, attacks, music, manoeuvres, equestrians, acrobats, shooting, fighting, drills, charges and marches, culminating in re-enactments of "The Battle of Summit Springs" and "An Oriental Spectacle" featuring Rossi's Musical Elephants and Thompson's Trained Horses. Advance tickets were sold at the [[Crystal Palace Drug Store]] | ||
* [[October 16]], [[1911]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East''' | * [[October 16]], [[1911]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East''' | ||
* [[June 11]], [[1913]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East''' | * [[June 11]], [[1913]], as '''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East''' | ||
===Other appearances=== | ===Other appearances=== | ||
* [[January 7]], [[1880]] in [[Opelika]] as '''Buffalo Bill's Combination''' | * [[January 7]], [[1880]] in [[Opelika]] as '''Buffalo Bill's Combination''' |
Revision as of 16:35, 16 March 2014
The Buffalo Bill's Wild West was a touring western show operated by William F. Cody. It visited Birmingham five times between 1895 and 1913, holding parades through downtown and hosting crowds at Smith's Park near Smithfield.
The show merged with rival Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West in 1908.
Appearances
In Birmingham
- October 23, 1895
- October 16, 1901: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders" with "Baden-Powell's Heroes of Mafeking", "Oom Paul's Brave Boers", "The Battle of Tien-Tsin", the "Capture of Pekin", the "U. S. Life Saving Service", a "Genuine Guard of Canadian Mounted Rifles", Annie Oakley, and Johnny Baker. Advance reserve tickets were sold at Norton's Drug Store.
- October 13, 1909, as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill’s Far East promised Roughriders, Indians, Cowboys, Arabs, Soldiers, Cossacks, Mexicans, Wild West Girls, Plainsmen, Lancers, Artillery, Vaqueros, Japanese, Marksmen, Ruralies, Zouaves, Cavalry, and Dragoons alongside displays of horsemanship, savagery, riding, athletes, battles, horses, lassoing, frolics, attacks, music, manoeuvres, equestrians, acrobats, shooting, fighting, drills, charges and marches, culminating in re-enactments of "The Battle of Summit Springs" and "An Oriental Spectacle" featuring Rossi's Musical Elephants and Thompson's Trained Horses. Advance tickets were sold at the Crystal Palace Drug Store
- October 16, 1911, as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East
- June 11, 1913, as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East
Other appearances
- January 7, 1880 in Opelika as Buffalo Bill's Combination
- October 9, 1901 in Opelika
- October 15, 1901 in Gadsden
- October 8, 1907 in Opelika
- October 11, 1912 in Tuscaloosa, as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East