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Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park, known as Scout's Rest Ranch, is a living history state park located west of North Platte, Nebraska. The ranch was established in 1878 with an initial purchase of 160 acres south of the Union Pacific tracks by William (Buffalo Bill) Cody .
The Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park, also known as the Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska was designated as a Nebraska State Historical Park in 1965, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021. [79] Cody was honored by two U.S. postage stamps. [25] One was a fifteen-cent Great Americans series stamp.
Scout's Rest Ranch: Scout's Rest Ranch. January 30, 1978 : Northwest of North Platte off U.S. Route 30 North Platte: Designated a National Historic Landmark in ...
Scout's Rest Ranch: Scout's Rest Ranch. January 13, 2021 : Northwest of North Platte off U.S. Route 30 Lincoln: 21: Signal Butte: Signal Butte: January 20, 1961 ...
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is located near North Platte, a Nebraska living history park about "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The park includes his actual house known as Scout's Rest Ranch. The park is two miles west of U.S. Highway 83 along U.S. Highway 30. [30] Every June, North Platte hosts the annual "Nebraskaland Days".
Scouts Rest Ranch Recreation Road, Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park R-56F — — — — Lincoln — — Maloney Reservoir Recreation Road, Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park R-62B — — — — Morrill — — Bridgeport Recreation Road, Bridgeport State Recreation Area R-62F — — — — Morrill — —
Buffalo Bill located Scouts Rest Ranch at North Platte because it allowed him to move his Wild West Show by train or by wagon across the United States relatively quickly. From 1941 to 1946, the North Platte Canteen served baked goods and refreshments to more than six million service members during a 10-minute stop as they were convoyed across ...
He was old, ill and penniless. Cody helped him, taking Majors on as part of the Cody Wild West show. Majors lived at Cody's Scouts' Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska for a time. [1] Majors died in Chicago, Illinois, on January 13, 1900, aged 85. He is buried in Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. [5]