I visited the gravesite of Buffalo Bill Cody, located atop Lookout Mountain, just to the west of Golden, Colorado, this past week for the first time in over 40 years. To be perfectly honest, it is a bit underwhelming, even more so than I remembered, but there was still a steady stream of visitors walking up the trail to the site, seen in the photograph on the left. Buffalo Bill was a scout and showman, who eventually started a traveling "Wild West" show that became very popular during the late 19th Century. When rejected in his bid to be part of the World's Fair in Chicago back in 1893, he set up his show right next door, drew tremendous crowds, and became world famous.
Buffalo Bill actually wanted to be buried in Cody, Wyoming, a town he helped found. However, because he was in financial difficulties towards the end of his life, he made an agreement that would bail him out, but which required him to be buried on Lookout Mountain. An attempt was made by some citizens of Cody to steal the body, and bring it back to Wyoming, but they were thwarted, and here he remains (pun not intended). I must say, however, that it is a very pretty place to spend eternity, as seen in the photograph on the right. And so far, the citizens of Cody, Wyoming have not made a second attempt. Not yet, anyway.
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