buffalobills

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World

Ironton May 3, 1901

In 1901, Ironton was visited by the greatest show in the entire world. Buffalo Bill brought the show that captivated the royalty of Europe to Ironton, Ohio. Annie Oakley toured with Buffalo Bill that year until her train injury in October.

The Old Fairgrounds is the present site of Central School and beyond. Years ago, a teacher at Central School told her students about personally seeing the show. She described the show as the greatest thing she ever saw in her life.

Newspaper advertisement (click to enlarge)

Arriving by train, Buffalo Bill and his massive show would parade through town. The program for 1901 gives an account of what the folks in Ironton were privileged to view.

http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~kultur/Buffalo_Bill.pdf

For more detailed information of Buffalo Bill and his show, please read some of the material found at the following links.

http://theconcordcoach.tripod.com/abbotdowning/id11.html

http://theconcordcoach.tripod.com/abbotdowning/id6.html

http://www.brucemuseum.org/west_pop_exhibit.html

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/buffalobill.htm

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/BuffaloBill/home.html

http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/AMS/963/amst2010/studproj/theatre/bill~1.htm

http://www.richgros.com/Cody/the_wild_west_show.html

All photos are the property of Bob Vaughn & may not be reproduced without permission.

Aerial Photos of Ironton Pictures of Downtown Ironton