Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park
Buffalo Bill Ranch
North Platte's Buffalo Bill State Historical Park, owned by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is featured in this podcast by Tom Wilmer.
Buffalo Bill's Scouts Rest, North Platte Nebraska
Buffalo Bill's home in North Platte, Nebraska. Interview with Lisa Burke, Executive Director of the Lincoln County CVB and Park Superintendent, Jason. Excerpt from Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, a weekly featured podcast on NPR.ORG
North Platte Our Town - Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill called North Platte home for more than 40 years. His Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders was started here in our own Cody Park as the Old Glory Blowout in 1882, which also gave birth to the modern spectator sport of Rodeo. Today the headquarters of his huge ranching empire is preserved as a state historical park by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. His mansion and barn have been wonderfully restored and are filled with Cody and Wild West show memorabilia. You can also tour a log cabin that served as a line shack on the far north reaches of the ranch along the Dismal River.
Buffalo Bill: Fort Cody Trading Post in North Platte, Nebraska
This over the top trading post in North Platte, NE is a replica of a frontier fort populated with soldier mannequins guarding its walls.
Scouts Rest Ranch And Bill Cody Home 2
Cross Country Trip - Cheyenne to North Platte, Nebraska
In June 2015 we took a 2 week road trip from Utah to the East Coast. I used my 2012 Chevrolet Sonic LT which performed without a hitch, over 5900 miles. We visited Chicago, Niagara, Boston, New York, Phildelphia, Washington DC and many places in between. I captured a large amount of footage from a dash mounted Sony Action Cam, model HDR-AS100V. This part is from the Cheyenne, wy to North Platte, Nebraska with a stop at Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park . I will be posting additional videos of this trip as I get them edited.
The Buffalo at Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead
The boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody, government Scout and Wild West Showman, is located in the broad valley of the Wapsipinicon River, a short 20 minute drive from I-80. The 1847 farmhouse, entered in the National Registry of Historic Places, was built by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill's father, of native limestone and contains walnut floors and trim.
The Homestead has been restored and furnished with items typical of the mid-19th century. Cody Homestead is nestled in scenic hillside overlooking the rich Iowa prairie where buffalo and long horn cattle graze on the land surrounding the house. The Cody Homestead is air conditioned.
1828-1867 - Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site North Dakota
Fort Union Trading Post was established in 1828 by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. This was not a government or military post, but a business, established for the specific purpose of trading with the northern plains tribes.
Located at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers on the North Dakota/Montana border, the fort was originally called Fort Henry. For the next four decades, Fort Union would serve as the headquarters of the Upper Missouri Outfit (U.M.O.) of the American Fur Company.
The most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River, Fort Union controlled the bison robe and fur trade over a huge area encompassing what are now North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming from 1828 to 1867.
Here, Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfoot, Hidatsa, Mandan, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth.
During its heydays the trading post employed as many as 200 people, mostly Métis Indians, of French and Native American ancestry.
Keelboat in 1872 The rivers were the main source of travel for the fur traders, primarily utilizing keel boats until 1832 when the first steamboat, the Yellowstone landed here. Mackinaw boats were another form of travel made by the workers of the fort and bull boats, constructed by the tribes out of a green buffalo hide and willow, were also used.
In 1867, Fort Union was sold to the U.S. Army and the post was razed. Its building materials were used to construct Fort Buford about two miles away.
Here, Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfoot, Hidatsa, Mandan, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth.
During its heydays the trading post employed as many as 200 people, mostly Métis Indians, of French and Native American ancestry.
The rivers were the main source of travel for the fur traders, primarily utilizing keelboats until 1832 when the first steamboat, the Yellowstone landed here. Mackinaw boats were another form of travel made by the workers of the fort and bull boats, constructed by the tribes out of a green buffalo hide and willow, were also used.
In 1867, Fort Union was sold to the U.S. Army and the post was razed. Its building materials were used to construct Fort Buford about two miles away.
Here, Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfoot, Hidatsa, Mandan, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth.
During its heydays the trading post employed as many as 200 people, mostly Métis Indians, of French and Native American ancestry.
The rivers were the main source of travel for the fur traders, primarily utilizing keelboats until 1832 when the first steamboat, the Yellowstone landed here. Mackinaw boats were another form of travel made by the workers of the fort and bull boats, constructed by the tribes out of a green buffalo hide and willow, were also used.
In 1867, Fort Union was sold to the U.S. Army and the post was razed. Its building materials were used to construct Fort Buford about two miles away.
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From Mountains to Prairies 2016 (Pt. 65) - Three State Drive in One Day
July 15, 2016 - West Yellowstone is a two days' drive from home - assuming each day you want to drive 6-8 hours. Here are just a few random clips of me on my journey from West Yellowstone, Montana, to Spokane, Washington. Also, a quick shout-out to the great potato state of Idaho!
Bill Cody Ranch - Our Guests and Employees Talk
Our 2013 guests and employees talk about their experiences at Bill Cody Ranch and in the area. Visit us at billcodyranch.com or follow us @BillCodyRanch
Rodeo ep 1
Rodeo
One hundred years ago, when the west was truly wild, Buffalo Bill invited the meanest, toughest, bravest cowboys to Cody, Wyoming to show their stuff.
A century later, the Cody Night Rodeo still attracts the bold, the daring, and the just plain foolish to the nation's oldest and continually running rodeo.
We see the struggles and triumphs of a group of cowboys hoping to move on to the pros--and knowing their future depends on their performances here--and the struggle of the two owners fighting to keep the aging attraction in the black.
[ Credits ]
Executive Producer: Steven Rosenbaum
Senior Producer: Peter Klein
Producer: Micheal Sheridan
Editor: Aileen Ghee
Videojournalist: Lara Hughey
Field Producer: Amanda Pike
Studio Director: Rob Klug
Controller: Kirk Kelly
General Manager: Ted Krever
Production Manager: Enae Boone
Original Music Composed by: Saundi Wilson
Associate Producer: Laura Metzger
Production Assistants: Mira Chang, Allison Howard
On Line Editor: Pamela Yoder
AVID Coordinator: Patrick Velez
AVID Assistants: Noah Parks, Yvette Wojciechowski
Interns: Tara Betterbid, Alyssa Casden, Michelle Stahl, Helen Liu, Lauren Taub, Amy Parks, Audwin Terrier
Restless Prairie
Nebraska's landscape appears peaceful, but beneath the surface scientists are uncovering a restless prairie.
Restless Prairie features Nebraska's unique natural history. Hidden in Nebraska's landscape is a history that was carved by a series of natural disasters occurring over five billion years. Peeling back the layers of time, scientists are finding clues to our own future survival. Today's landscape appears peaceful, but beneath the surface scientists are uncovering a Restless Prairie
24.5 - Indian Cave State Park
We finish amazing places week with a look at a Nebraska State Park with some mysterious origins and attributes.
Explore the Old West Trail Country
A travelogue that highlights the natural beauty of the five states that comprise the Old West Trail Country: Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Narrated by Chet Huntley, with a new introduction by filmmaker Robert Henkel. Produced in 1973. (collection MOV 0099)
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of this film and makes available reproductions for research, publication and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the MHS Photograph Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission to use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
The World's Most Interesting Man
Meet the World's Most Interesting Man - Buffalo Bill Cody.
Calling All Cars: Murder in the Back Room / Blood-Stained Saw / Missing 100 Dollar Nightgown
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California.
The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.
The Bozeman Trail: A Rush to Montana's Gold
The Bozeman Trail was an offshoot of the Oregon Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. Cutting through the heart of Indian country. It became a flash point for a clash of cultures that would explode into warfare, destruction and tragedy. First telecast March, 2019.
Lot Lizard: Monica
Lot Lizard is a feature documentary about truck stop sex workers in America. The film follows Jennifer, a recovering sex worker who is trying to get her life back on track; Bobby, a man struggling to come to grips with his girlfriend's livelihood; and Betty, an aging sex worker who makes no apologies for her lifestyle. These intimate portraits hint at a broader story about America, how it deals with its down and out, and how we are implicated as consumers.