Visited Buffalo Bill's Grave

[COSteve]

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[dkmlever]

I have done the same, taken out of town guests there and it is a much better museum than most folks would think. I always enjoy my visits there. You can se the actual grave site without doing the museum.

[Hobie]

Isn't there some concern that he might not be there?

[Mich Hunter]

I was just over in Cody, Wy to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center two weeks ago. I have been trying to make it over there for a decade now. The place is very impressive and the guns on display number in the thousands. I think I snapped around 200 pictures. They also have Teddy's 1895 on display. It's a great place to visit if your in the area

[rangerider7]

I haven't been to Lookout Mountain but I have been to the Cody museum. Thinks for the nice photos; I need to stop there next time I'm in the area.

[COSteve]

Isn't there some concern that he might not be there?

There was an effort by Cody, WY to have his body moved up there because of some controversy as to whether or not he really wished to be buried outside Denver but that was settled over half a century ago and his remains and those of his wife remain on Lookout Mountain, CO.

[Griff]

Another of those places that have inadequate parking!

Thanks for the pics and short tease of a tour!!

[TedH]

Lot's of neat stuff there, and another place I need to visit!

[Ysabel Kid]

Very cool!

[Wrangler John]

Say, isn't that the museum that the Ghost Hunters TV show visited on November 5, 2009? After dinking around for most of the show they came to the conclusion that electromagnetic fields from transmission towers surrounding the site were likely causing people to have certain experiences. http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/b ... lls-grave/ Actually, I believe that some people resonate with historical objects triggering a subconscious sympathetic reaction. We attune with the time, place and experiences of history - no ghosts necessary.

Kinda like when I visited the Empire Mine State park at Nevada City, California, while attending an IHMSA shoot. Drove up around a curve toward the mine and had a deja vu experience that was palpable, in fact it made me dizzy. I explained to Mrs. Wrangler that I felt as if I was returning home, yet I had never been there before. Not just returning home, it went far beyond that. Turns out that the Empire Mine was discovered and owned by William Bourn until it passed on to his son William B. Bourn Jr. William Jr. had built an estate in San Mateo County after the turn of the 20th Century, which subsequently was purchased by my first employer Lurline Matson Roth, and where I spent many years working her show horse farm and breeding operation. Maybe it's genetic. I always have been interested in history, archaeology, ghost towns, mining, railroads, ships, steam power and western lore, maybe we come charged with memory markers innate to our DNA. My father was born in 1893 and became a steam engineer. In fact he worked for Matson Navigation at the time of my birth. My early years were spent with grand parents that dated to the 1860's and 70's, I always felt that I was born old, out of my proper time. No matter, I picked up on the connection with the Empire Mine without any foreknowledge of its history.

I bet many of us have had similar experiences during a trip to the museum. So, you like lever rifles and cowboy stuff, huh?

[piller]

Buffalo Bill might have been a showman, but he was the real deal. Glad to see that the gravesite is worthy of a man like him.

[COSteve]

Buffalo Bill might have been a showman, but he was the real deal. Glad to see that the gravesite is worthy of a man like him.

The Congressional Medal of Honor isn't awarded to anyone who isn't!

[C. Cash]

When I was off duty, I used to love to drive up there. Great place....very peaceful out by his grave as I remember with the wind blowing the grass, and the museum was nice too. Seems like I remember some Sharps buffalo guns on display there. Would love to visit again someday.

[Hobie]

Isn't there some concern that he might not be there?

There was an effort by Cody, WY to have his body moved up there because of some controversy as to whether or not he really wished to be buried outside Denver but that was settled over half a century ago and his remains and those of his wife remain on Lookout Mountain, CO.

I've heard that some friends went down there and took his body... All sorts of stories.

[w30wcf]

COSteve,
Thank you for the pics. I visited there back in the early 90's and it looks like they have added a bit since then.

Hobie,
There was a plot of sorts from some folks in Wyoming to take remove his body and rebury it in Wyoming. If you look at the bottom right hand portion of the first pic you will see a WWI tank that was placed on the road in close proximity to the grave to deter any such happenings....

w30wcf

[darkwater]

Say, isn't that the museum that the Ghost Hunters TV show visited on November 5, 2009? After dinking around for most of the show they came to the conclusion that electromagnetic fields from transmission towers surrounding the site were likely causing people to have certain experiences. http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/b ... lls-grave/ Actually, I believe that some people resonate with historical objects triggering a subconscious sympathetic reaction. We attune with the time, place and experiences of history - no ghosts necessary.

Kinda like when I visited the Empire Mine State park at Nevada City, California, while attending an IHMSA shoot. Drove up around a curve toward the mine and had a deja vu experience that was palpable, in fact it made me dizzy. I explained to Mrs. Wrangler that I felt as if I was returning home, yet I had never been there before. Not just returning home, it went far beyond that. Turns out that the Empire Mine was discovered and owned by William Bourn until it passed on to his son William B. Bourn Jr. William Jr. had built an estate in San Mateo County after the turn of the 20th Century, which subsequently was purchased by my first employer Lurline Matson Roth, and where I spent many years working her show horse farm and breeding operation. Maybe it's genetic. I always have been interested in history, archaeology, ghost towns, mining, railroads, ships, steam power and western lore, maybe we come charged with memory markers innate to our DNA. My father was born in 1893 and became a steam engineer. In fact he worked for Matson Navigation at the time of my birth. My early years were spent with grand parents that dated to the 1860's and 70's, I always felt that I was born old, out of my proper time. No matter, I picked up on the connection with the Empire Mine without any foreknowledge of its history.

I bet many of us have had similar experiences during a trip to the museum. So, you like lever rifles and cowboy stuff, huh?

I think some of us have that instant connection with the past, more so for those that frequent this forum. I've been to the Empire Mine, myself...neat place, lots of history there. I also used to be a field archaeologist...the work was interesting, but the pay was seasonal. I assume you've been to the Winchester Mystery House, too...firearms, history and ghost stories, all in one package!

[getitdone1]

Buffalo Bill's autobiography is a great one. Can be purchased.

One of his "main guns." As I recall it was a Springfield muzzle loader modified to shoot the 50-70 cartridge. He named it something like Lucretia Borga. Some one care to accurize this a bit? Always thought I'd like a gun just like that one which he used to kill many buffalo to feed the railroad workers laying tracks across the plains. Cannot think of a more historic gun.

Buffalo Bill lived a great life.

Don McCullough

[Lawyer Daggit]

I had not known he had a Congressional Medal of Honor. I thought he was a show man.

He has gone up in my estimation.

[donw]

very interesting... as much as i saw about buffalo bill when i was a kid, I've not been to his burial site. sounds like i need to put it on my "sights to visit".

thanks for the mini-tour