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William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s life was not boring. Born in 1846 in Iowa, his family moved to Kansas when he was 7 years old. Cody was only 14 when he began riding for the Pony Express. In the Civil War, he served as a Union scout, and later enlisted with the 7th Kansas Cavalry. He served as a buffalo hunter, providing meat to construction crews on the transcontinental railroad.
Cody remained as an Army scout and fought in at least 16 battles during the Indian Wars on the Plains. In 1872, Cody and Lt. Col. George Custer guided the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, at the request of President Ulysses S. Grant, on an American hunting trip. Soon, Buffalo Bill was the subject of popular dime novels.