An autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W.F. Cody) Buffalo Bill and ill. N. C. Wyeth (BUFFALO BILL'S OWN STORY) in Bloomington, MN

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory.