Wild West Shows - Buffalo Bill Center of the West

On May 19, 1883, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened his Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska.

"William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show on May 19, 1883 at Omaha, Nebraska. His partner that first season was a dentist and exhibition shooter, Dr. W.F. Carver. Cody and Carver took the show, subtitled “Rocky Mountain and Prairie Exhibition,” across the country to popular acclaim and favorable reviews, launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more."