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    A TOWN WITHIN FAMED CODY

    Jul 06, 2021 4 minutes
    BY LINDA WOMMACK

    Historic locales nationwide recall the life and times of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, but none as proudly as the namesake town of Cody, Wyo., which he helped establish just east of Yellowstone National Park in 1896. Founded in the heart of town in 1917 (the year of his death), the Buffalo Bill Center of the West preserves the tales and trappings of the scout turned world-famous showman. But there’s plenty more to see in Cody, including Old Trail Town, which occupies the very spot where Buffalo Bill and friends platted the original townsite.

    The founder of Old Trail Town was Wyoming native Bob

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