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The farmhouse was built in 1847 by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill's father, of native limestone and contains walnut floors and trim. [2] Isaac and Mary Cody, parents of the legendary Buffalo Bill, moved their family to the homestead from LeClaire, Iowa, where Bill was born and raised.
The Buffalo Bill Museum, located in LeClaire, Iowa, is focused on life along the Mississippi River and local history. One exhibit is the Lone Star , a wooden, paddlewheel steam-powered towboat that is housed in a special pier.
This small Iowa town along the Mississippi River is known for being the birthplace of Western icon Buffalo Bill and, in the past decade, the History Channel show “American Pickers.”
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend at the young age of 23.
LeClaire is known as the site of the reality television series American Pickers, aired by the History Channel, and home to Antique Archaeology, an antiques store featured on the show. It is the birthplace of William Frederick Cody, aka Buffalo Bill Cody.
The Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home was built by Isaac Cody, the father of Buffalo Bill Cody in 1841 at LeClaire, Iowa.The house was purchased as a tourist attraction by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and was moved to Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill's adopted hometown, in 1933.
Cody Road Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Le Claire, Iowa, United States.It includes 60 buildings along a nine-block stretch of U.S. Route 67, Cody Road, the primary street through the town.
Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States.She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull.