bill-cody-wild-west-showCody’s Wild West shows laid out the Ritz for the Fourth of July, like in this 1887 celebration. (McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West)

bill-cody-wild-west-showCody's Wild West shows laid out the Ritz for the Fourth of July, like in this 1887 celebration. (McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West) — Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows laid out the Ritz for the Fourth of July, like in this 1887 celebration. (McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West)

McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West