Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Cast (1890s).
The young man laying down at the left front of the photo with a rifle is Johnny Baker, Buffalo Bill’s unofficial foster son. Under Cody's tutelage he became the sharpshooter star of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show.
In 1921 Johnny Baker and his wife, Olive, created a lasting memorial to Buffalo Bill. Using his own collections, he opened a museum next to Buffalo Bill's gravesite on Lookout Mountain overlooking the city of Denver, Colorado. Baker ran the museum until his death in 1931. Eventually the city took it over. And it is a tribute not only to Cody's memory but to Baker's devotion that the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum is today one of the true gems of Denver's mountain parks system.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Cast (1890s).
The young man laying down at the left front of the photo with a rifle is Johnny Baker, Buffalo Bill’s unofficial foster son. Under Cody's tutelage he became the sharpshooter star of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show.
In 1921 Johnny Baker and his wife, Olive, created a lasting memorial to Buffalo Bill. Using his own collections, he opened a museum next to Buffalo Bill's gravesite on Lookout Mountain overlooking the city of Denver, Colorado. Baker ran the museum until his death in 1931. Eventually the city took it over. And it is a tribute not only to Cody's memory but to Baker's devotion that the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum is today one of the true gems of Denver's mountain parks system.