In the spring of 1859, Buffalo Bill made his first trip to Colorado. This was part of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. He passed through the new town of Denver on his way to the gold fields. There he searched for gold for two months, having little success.

Then, Cody stopped in Julesburg on his way back to Kansas, and read an advertisement for the Pony Express which said, "skinny, expert riders willing to risk death daily." So, of course he joined the Pony Express. Most of the time while he was with the Pony express, he was in Kansas, but occasionally he traveled across northeast Colorado.

Then, Cody scouted for the Army in the civil war against the Commanche and Kiowa. In 1863 he enlisted in the

Buffalo Bill was a kind man and tried to get along with mostly everyone. He respected the Indians treated them like everyone else. He loved children and many times when he was performing in villages, there were free passes to his show handed out to all of the children. This man was a great part of the wild west and he brought some good to it.

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Seventh Kansas Calvary. He participated in battles that were eventful in Tennessee and Missouri. Cody then married Louisa Frederici in St. Louis and continued as an army scout out of Fort Ellsworth, Kansas.

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