Cody, owner of the Ben Lomond water works, and former owner of the Ben Lomond Hotel.Īt one time, Buffalo Bill was the most recognizable celebrity in the world, touring the U.S. Another local relative was said to be Fred A.
This was the cottage home of Bill’s widowed sister Mrs. He had a private tent at the circus grounds by the boardwalk, but he and his wife Louisa, stayed at 145 Seabright Ave., near the old Gault School. (Public Domain)īuffalo Bill’s Original Wild West Show came to Santa Cruz in 19, by which time it was part of Sell-Floto Circus, but featured Buffalo Bill Cody himself. Buffalo Bill Cody was 68 when he appeared in Santa Cruz, still idolized by many. It was promoted as “educational,” and when people saw real cowboys, Indians and legendary Western heroes playing themselves, one had to believe there was some truth in it. But when translated to the stage by Buffalo Bill, it became a heroic adventure of taming the wild frontier and expanding the virtues of American civilization to the Pacific. Likewise, the real West was a lawless horror of random violence, Indians, outlaws, savage beasts and grueling physical labor. Life was hard, but Santa rewarded good behavior with their heart’s desire. Both inhabited a partly mythical world, but folks willingly entered that realm to experience the sense of magical possibilities. Of course, “real” was a relative term when it came to Buffalo Bill and Santa Claus. It was Buffalo Bill! They’d much rather have known they were meeting the real Buffalo Bill than Santa Claus! In December 1912 the children of miners in Oracle, Arizona, finally got to have a Santa Claus to talk to, and give them presents, only to learn later that it wasn’t the real Santa Claus.
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