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William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (left, 1846 - 1917) with friend & sometime stand-in Dr. William DeVeny (right, 1852- 1918). Pic from 1914.
Pic from early 1917, shortly before Cody’s death.
Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 - 1913) who changed his name to S. F. Cody & claimed to be William F. Cody’s son. Cowdery relocated to Europe where he tried to establish his own Wild West Show but ended up in theater. He died at the young age of 46 in a crash while working on the manned flight of a war kite to replace reconnaissance hot-air ballons for the British before WWI. It is said the kite broke apart with Cowdery & an observer aloft at 200 ft.
Pic from early 1917, shortly before Cody’s death.
Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 - 1913) who changed his name to S. F. Cody & claimed to be William F. Cody’s son. Cowdery relocated to Europe where he tried to establish his own Wild West Show but ended up in theater. He died at the young age of 46 in a crash while working on the manned flight of a war kite to replace reconnaissance hot-air ballons for the British before WWI. It is said the kite broke apart with Cowdery & an observer aloft at 200 ft.
