Buffalo Bill

The town of Cody, WY was named after Buffalo Bill Cody, who was instrumental in founding the town.

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in town is actually 5 museums under one roof. It takes so long to go through it that your admission is good for 2 days.

The Greater Yellowstone Natural History Museum features a lot of the natural history of the area.

The exhibits are even better than the ones in Cabelas!

The Buffalo Bill Museum has a lot of information on the great man himself. You can even see his old home, which has been moved to the backyard here.

He became world famous for his Wild West shows, which toured in the US and Europe.

The Plains Indian Museum tells the story of the lives of the Plains Indian people. There is also a Western Art Museum.

And my least favorite, the Cody Firearms Museum. I went through that one in about 5 minutes.

Fairly new is the Raptor Experience. They have a show in the afternoon -

Then later you can get up-close-and-personal with the various birds. This is a Golden Eagle and the previous picture is a Red-Tailed Hawk.

All of the birds have been injured and cannot survive in the wild. You can see the damaged right wing on this Peregrine Falcon.

Later in the day, our WIN group did our best imitations of Buffalo Bill.