William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill", is born outside Le Claire, Iowa. Cody rode for the Pony Express and worked as a teamster for a Kansas regiment during the Civil War before serving as a scout for the U.S. Army, where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872. Cody famously started "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, which featured cowboys, sharpshooters, and foreign soldiers performing for audiences across the United States and Europe.
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