But just how accurate was Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show? The buffalo were real, to begin with. So was Bill Cody. He had grown up in Kansas during the period of intensive Western migration ...

Instead, the Bills are named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody, an individual that had heavy influence in American history. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is a figure from the American Old West. Born in Iowa in 1846 ...

Years later he joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. A portrait of Cody and Sitting Bull together bears the title "Foes in '76 — Friends in '85." The reality was a little more complicated.