Saturday (6/13) We got up and headed to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.   This museum center has five unique museums within its walls.  We went to the Plains Indians section first. This area shows the history of the indians way of life during the 1800s.   They have many pristine articles of clothing, moccasins, head dresses, cradle boards, guns, photo graphs of famous indians, etc.   There is a life-size display of what a Plains Indian tepee and the area surrounding it would have looked like.

We then went a special exhibit of painting done in the last ten years that portray sights that were noted in the diaries of Lewis and Clark.  The painter read all the materials available and then went to the actual places noted, and painted them as he felt they would have looked in the early 1800s.  There were 100 of these painting which brought to life the words from the diaries.  

We wanted to see the downtown area of Cody.   We walked the main street, Sheridan Street, and went into many of the western shops.   We actually looked at a custom pair of cowboy boots that were ONLY $7,000.  I never realized how expensive all that western gear was.   A good pair of cowboy boots run anywhere from $700 to $1,500 for an off -the-shelf pair.  

On Sheridan Street, is the Irma Hotel built in 1902.   This was a favorite place of Buffalo Bill. He had performed for the Queen of England and as a thank you gift, she gave him the wooden carved bar that is in the hotel.  Each evening, they re-enact a shoot out in front of the hotel.  It was very fun and drew a large crowd.   We ate dinner at the Irma and then went to the Dan Miller Cowboy Music Review across the street.  

The review is in an old theater that still has its art deco decor.   The show has three performer and one guest performer - Dan's eleven-year-old daughter who plays the fiddle.  There were about 50 people in the audience and Dan came around before the show and spoke to each person.  It was an intimate show and the music was wonderful.