A COLT FOR A CAUSE Annual fundraiser aiding abused kids to raffle off Buffalo Bill Cody tribute engraved Single Action Army revolver, Winchester .30-30, more.
The chance to win exquisite firearms and related accoutrements is one way the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation raises money to help abused boys at a center in Apple Valley, California, where Western actors and singers Roy Rogers and Linda Evans made their home and contributed to charities benefitting kids throughout their lives.
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he Happy Trails Children’s Foundation’s annual fundraiser, dubbed Silver Screen Legend, will be dedicated to “Buffalo Bill” Cody and will feature a drawing to win a Buffalo Bill commemorative revolver, among other items. An icon of the American West, William Frederick Cody was born on February 26, 1846 in Le Claire, Iowa Territory. During his lifetime, he was a Pony Express rider, Army scout, ranch hand, wagon teamster, stagecoach driver, town developer, hotel owner and manager, railroad contractor, bison hunter, fur trapper, explorer, Indian fighter, gold prospector, rancher, actor and showman, not necessarily in that order. During his military career, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Buffalo Bill’s legend began to spread when he was only 23, after meeting Ned Buntline, who published a story based on Cody’s adventures. Cody later became world famous for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a touring show featuring cowboys and Indians, horses, wagons, a stagecoach, and a sharpshooting exhibition by none other than Annie Oakley. The show traveled throughout the United States and later England and Europe, performing for kings and queens, men and women, boys and girls. Audiences americanshootingjournal.com 81
