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Cody, Wyoming

Everything Cody is known for

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Music in Cody

Songs About Cody

Cody, Wyoming
Wade Forster
92%
"The spring of Cody in 1904"
buffalo bill
jim stafford
55%
"Buffalo Bill's legacy - founded Cody WY"
Wyoming Wind
Brenn Hill
53%
"on up north to Cody"
Wyoming
Jo Smith
51%
"On a ranch outside of Cody"
buffalo bill
the firesign theatre
50%
"Buffalo Bill's legacy - founded Cody WY"
Little Buffalo Bill
Johnny Western
49%
"Buffalo Bill's legacy - founded Cody WY"
29%
Buffalo Bill
Eminem
7%
"they call me Buffalo Bill"
Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church
5%
"Jackson Pollock, and gin"
The Man From God Knows Where
Tom Russell
4%
"They passed bill Cody's ships, European bound"
Horses and Cattle
Chris LeDoux
2%
"We followed a rodeo clear up to Codeo"

History of Cody

Buffalo Bill's Cody: The Showman's Town

1896

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody founded the town of Cody in 1896 as a destination near Yellowstone, lending his legendary name to a place that embodied the mythology of the American West he helped create.

Heart Mountain: Wyoming's Internment Camp

1942

Heart Mountain was one of ten War Relocation Authority camps where over 10,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated during World War II, making it the third-largest population center in Wyoming.

11.4 mi away

Everything Near Cody

8 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Buffalo Bill's Cody: The Showman's Town · Historical

    William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody founded the town of Cody in 1896 as a destination near Yellowstone, lending his legendary name to a place that embodied the mythology of the American West he helped create.

  • Irma Hotel · 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over! You're about to see a piece of the Wild West, built by the legend himself, Buffalo Bill Cody. The Irma Hotel opened on November 18, 1902, with a grand party. Buffalo Bill invited the press and dignitaries…

  • Buffalo Bill – The Scout · 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    That bronze horseman you're approaching isn't just decoration; it's Buffalo Bill himself, forever watching over the town he helped build. In the early 1920s, Buffalo Bill's niece, Mary Jester Allen, wanted a fitting…

  • Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home · 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Ever wonder where legends are born? You're near the transplanted boyhood home of William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, a figure synonymous with the Wild West. Built in 1841 in LeClaire, Iowa, by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill's…

  • Colter's Hell · 3.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine stumbling upon a landscape so bizarre, so hellish, that it earns the name 'Colter's Hell.' That's exactly what happened near here in the winter of 1807-1808. John Colter, a mountain man who'd previously been…

  • Buffalo Bill Dam · 6.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Hold on to your hats! When this dam opened in 1910, it was the tallest in the world at 325 feet, a true marvel of engineering. This is the Buffalo Bill Dam, named after the legendary William “Buffalo Bill” Cody. He…

  • Heart Mountain: Wyoming's Internment Camp · 11.4 mi · Historical

    Heart Mountain was one of ten War Relocation Authority camps where over 10,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated during World War II, making it the third-largest population center in Wyoming.

  • Heart Mountain Relocation Center · 11.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    This seemingly empty landscape holds a dark chapter in American history: the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, where thousands of Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. In 1942, after the…

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