The Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody, Wyoming, United States.
The Buffalo Bill Museum,
Cody,
Wyoming,
United States.
The Buffalo Bill Historical Centre was first established in 1917, in Cody, Wyoming.
The museum houses the Plains Indian Museum, the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Cody Firearms Museum and the Draper Museum of Natural History.
Dan
Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was one of the stars in NBC
blockbuster television western series Bonanza.
Bonanza ran for 14 seasons and had a staggering 431 episodes.
Dan Blocker played the role of gentle giant Eric "Hoss" Cartwright in the
series.
The gun, pictured above, was worn by Dan Blocker in the
series.
Gene
Barry,
real name Eugene Klass,
(June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) played the main role in the television show
Bat Masterson.
The show was loosely based on the life of William Barclay "Bat" Masterson
(November 26, 1853–October 25, 1921) who was a buffalo hunter,
U.S. Marshal, Army scout and sports editor and columnist for the New York
Morning Telegraph. He also enjoyed fishing and gambling.
The Bat Masterson television series was shown on NBC from 1958 to 1961.
In its three seasons there were 107 episodes.
The gun, pictured above, was worn by Gene Barry in
the series.
Have Gun
— Will Travel was American Western television series that stared Richard Allen
Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981).
It was aired on CBS from 1957 to 1963. That was 6 seasons with 225 episodes.
Richard Boone played Paladin, (the main
character) the good guy you called when you were in trouble.
Paladin was the dandy, living the high life at the Hotel Carlton in San
Francisco, bad guys underestimated until confronted by the dressed in
black avenger.
The gun, pictured above, was worn by Richard Boone in the series.
James
King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) portrayed Marshal Matt Dillon in the
television series Gunsmoke.
Gunsmoke ran for
20 seasons, 635 episodes, from 1955
to 1975.
It was the longest-running prime time live-action drama television show in the
United States.
James Arness portrayed a character who was a fair, wise and just sheriff.
The gun, pictured above, was worn by James Arness in the series.