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| legend
C
olonel Tim McCoy was a legend of Old Hollywood
Westerns, and a lover of Wyoming life. While Tim
McCoy wasn’t born in Wyoming, he got here as
fast as he could. One of McCoy’s most memorable
experiences as a child occurred on July 16, 1898, when he
first met Colonel William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody at a Wild
West Show in McCoy’s hometown of Saginaw, Michigan.
McCoy’s father, as Saginaw Chief of Police, arranged for the
imaginative young McCoy to meet Cody.
The fantastic spectacle left a lasting impact
on the seven year old youngster. McCoy
recounted in his biography, written with his
son Ron McCoy, Tim McCoy Remembers
the West: “What a thrill that was! Cody was
the most impressive man I had ever seen,
unmatched either before or since.”
As a young man, McCoy rode horses and
hung around the Saginaw freight yards
where a railroad agent imported half-bro