Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Though there were many Wild West shows in existence, the most famous, of course, is the one put on by “Buffalo Bill” Cody. This show even went across the pond to Europe, and it featured everything from Wild West gunslinging to buffalo hunts, and any other reenactment of Wild West life that you can imagine. The show lasted from 1870 to 1920.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Spotted Elk
This is Spotted Elk, who would eventually die on the same spot as he lays in this photo. A famed Lakota Sioux chief, Spotted Elk is shown here after being gunned down by a member of the U.S. Army during the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Though Spotted Elk was well into his 60s, he was a strong man. On this day, he was suffering from pneumonia, too, but he wanted to fight for his people. Sadly, he wouldn’t live, and with him, 152 others would die that day.
Spotted Elk
