William Frederick Cody comic book catalogue

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William Frederic Cody, An unprecedented career and his fame to this day. More

Buffalo Bill, actually William Frederick Cody, is one of the most colorful figures of the Wild West.
The name Buffalo Bill originated when he accepted a job on the Kansas Pasific Railroad, which he supplied with buffalo meat. He took the nickname from a man named Bill Comstock when he won a competition to shoot the most buffalo. He won 69 to 48. (No wonder they're nearly extinct.)
Also know that most William's in America were addressed as Bill.
Known jobs of his are:

hide hunter, hotel manager, trapper, bull catcher, prospector, horseman on the Pony Express, settler guide, driver of stagecoach soldier in the American Civil War. however, he owes his fame to the "wild west show"
He is buried in Lookout Mountain park in Colorado, near Denver.

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