In 1893, Buffalo Bill's (William Frederick Cody) Wild West Slow performed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and reportedly drew 18,000 spectators.
Along with acts, Buffalo Bill had re-enactments of the Pony Express, an Indian Attack on a wagon train and stagecoach robberies. It was said that he closed with an re-enactment of Custer's Last Stand with Cody playing the role of Custer. But most often it ended with an Indian attack on a settler's cabin with Cody leading a group of cowboys to save them.
Unfortunately, in the late 1800s, the country's economy reached a low and people did not have the money to purchase tickets.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show closed in 1913.
--Cooter
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