Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park

North Platte was home of the man who made the Wild West world-renowned. No one figure personifies the frontier spirit better than William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, the Wests most colorful showman, army scout and buffalo hunter.

The legacy of the life and times of the man who personified the frontier spirit lives on at Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. Codys elegant Victorian house, built in 1886, and huge barn sit on 25 acres of what was originally a 4,000-acre spread that Cody called Scouts Rest Ranch. The barn, built in 1886, now features Wild West Show memorabilia, original posters, and a movie made of film clips taken at the time the show was touring throughout the United States and Europe.

The house, barn, and original outbuildings are now being preserved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission as a state historical park.

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