August 2, 2017 | Part Of AHTV - Day 1 Buffalo Bill Centennial Symposium

Buffalo Bill Before the Wild West Shows

Historians talked about Buffalo Bill’s early life before he began performing in his Wild West shows. The speakers discussed his experience as a soldier… read more

Historians talked about Buffalo Bill’s early life before he began performing in his Wild West shows. The speakers discussed his experience as a soldier in the Civil War and Indian Wars and his relationship with fellow marksman and showman Captain Jack Crawford. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West hosted this event as part of a symposium to commemorate William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, who died in 1917. close

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Jeff Broome Professor Emeritus Arapahoe Community College
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Paul Andrew Hutton Distinguished Professor University of New Mexico->History Department
Robert Palazzo Author and Historian

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Program ID:: 431895-5
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: Cody, Wyoming, United States
First Aired:: Aug 27, 2017 | 6:29pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Oct 11, 2017 | 5:25am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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Aug 27, 2017 | 6:29pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Aug 27, 2017 | 10:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 02, 2017 | 11:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 10, 2017 | 9:11pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 11, 2017 | 1:19am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 11, 2017 | 5:25am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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