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William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s life was not boring. Born in 1846 in Iowa, his family moved to Kansas when he was 7 years old. Cody was only 14 when he began riding for the Pony Express. In the Civil War, he served as a Union scout, and later enlisted with the 7th Kansas Cavalry. He served as a buffalo hunter, providing meat to construction crews on the transcontinental railroad.
Cody remained as an Army scout and fought in at least 16 battles during the Indian Wars on the Plains. In 1872, Cody and Lt. Col. George Custer guided the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, at the request of President Ulysses S. Grant, on an American hunting trip. Soon, Buffalo Bill was the subject of popular dime novels.
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Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1737 Birth of John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1872 Russian Grand Duke Alexis goes on a gala buffalo hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.
1876 Birth of Jack London, American writer (The Call of the Wild).
1915 The U.S. Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National Park.