Buffalo Bill's Wild West

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Wild West show theatrical production traveling show

Buffalo Bill's Wild West was a late 19th- and early 20th-century traveling show that dramatized frontier life with staged battles, sharpshooting, and performances by cowboys and Native Americans, helping to popularize the mythic image of the American West.

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Label Occurrences
Buffalo Bill's Wild West canonical 3
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show 3
"Buffalo Bill's" 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wild West show ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
traveling show ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator William F. Cody ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo Bill

William F. Cody ⓘ
depicts U.S. Cavalry and Native American battles ⓘ
cowboy and Indian conflicts ⓘ
frontier settlement ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished early 20th century ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
live entertainment ⓘ
hasEffect influenced Western genre in popular culture ⓘ
popularized mythic image of the American West ⓘ
shaped European perceptions of the United States ⓘ
hasPart Native American performances ⓘ
buffalo hunts reenactments ⓘ
cowboy performances ⓘ
equestrian displays ⓘ
military drills ⓘ
rodeo-style events ⓘ
sharpshooting exhibitions ⓘ
stagecoach attacks reenactments ⓘ
staged battles ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cody, Wyoming, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cody, Wyoming
inception 1883 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainSubject Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West

Old West ⓘ
surface form: American frontier
marketingLabel Buffalo Bill's Wild West self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World
notableFeature combination of spectacle and historical reenactment ⓘ
large outdoor arena performances ⓘ
use of real Native American performers ⓘ
notableWork Annie Oakley sharpshooting act ⓘ
operatedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
performer Annie Oakley ⓘ
Calamity Jane ⓘ
Lillian Smith ⓘ
Nate Salsbury ⓘ
Sitting Bull ⓘ
significantEvent European tour 1887 ⓘ
Royal performance for Queen Victoria ⓘ
performance at the 1889 Paris Exposition ⓘ
performances at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago ⓘ
performances at the 1900 Paris Exposition ⓘ
tourStart North Platte, Nebraska ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William F. Cody → notableWork → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
William F. Cody → founded → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
E. E. Cummings → hasSignatureWork → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Buffalo Bill's"
Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film) → narrativeLocation → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
Annie Oakley → notableWork → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
Annie Oakley → memberOf → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway musical) → setting → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Cody → hasPart → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
subject surface form: William F. Cody
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
Cody → associatedWith → Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West → marketingLabel → Buffalo Bill's Wild West self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World