Old Cody City & Buffalo Bill Cody's Town in the Rockies

Old Cody City & Buffalo Bill Cody's Town in the Rockies (HM1N54)

Location: Cody, WY 82414 Park County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 30.828', W 109° 6.305'

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Buffalo Bill Cody and some business partners established the Shoshone Irrigation Co. in 1894. Work began on the Cody Canal to bring water for crop irrigation from the South Fork of the Shoshone River, around the south side of Cedar Mountain. The area north of this marker, to the Shoshone River and beyond, was surveyed to become Cody City on October 5, 1895. The spot was chosen by Buffalo Bill Cody and associates. H.P. Arnold began a general store, a blacksmith shop was built, and before winter had passed a dozen businesses were operating, including two saloons. They were built at about the same location as today's Trail Town buildings, with their main streets in about the same location. The streets for Cody City were named after Civil War generals, with a park named for Buffalo Bill's daughter, Irma. Cody envisioned his namesake town as a resort community, centered around DeMaris hot mineral springs on its western edge. Charles DeMaris had settled there in 1882 and began development of the springs. However, the new town's main attraction was the future entryway to the east gate of Yellowstone National Park. Buffalo Bill encouraged the Burlington Railroad to build a spur line to the area, which would assure the future of the town and his many business interests in this locale. Cody City was short-lived and became history when a new townsite, called Cody, was located a few miles east by George Beck in 1896. That town became today's Cody, Wyoming, with Sheridan Avenue as its main street.
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HM NumberHM1N54
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Placed ByRotchford L. Barker and Park County Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 at 9:01pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 650606 N 4930688
Decimal Degrees44.51380000, -109.10508333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 30.828', W 109° 6.305'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 30' 49.68" N, 109° 6' 18.3" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 244 W Yellowstone Ave, Cody WY 82414, US
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