Who is Pawnee Bill?
The Pawnee Bill District takes its name from Major Gordon W Lillie. Named White Chief of the Pawnee by the Pawnee Indians. Growing up, Buffalo Bill Cody was Pawnee Bill’s boyhood hero. From the 1890’s to the 1930’s, Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show was the biggest and the best of all the touring Wild West Shows. Pawnee Bill’s wife, May Lillie, became an expert marksman and she starred in Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show. In the glory days of Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, they carried a cast and crew of 645 people, over 400 horses and steers, a herd of 20 buffalo, the world’s largest power plant or generator, and a 21 foot oven. All of this was loaded on a specially designed train and they toured the world for over 30 years. Today’s Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show is a reenactment of the Original Wild West Show that toured the world from the 1890’s to the 1930’s. Pawnee Bill’s Mansion in Pawnee, Oklahoma is now a Museum and host to the Original Wild West Show. Pawnee Bill was a major supporter of
The Pawnee Bill District takes its name from Major Gordon W Lillie. Named White Chief of the Pawnee by the Pawnee Indians. Growing up, Buffalo Bill Cody was Pawnee Bill’s boyhood hero. From the 1890’s to the 1930’s, Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show was the biggest and the best of all the touring Wild West Shows. Pawnee Bill’s wife, May Lillie, became an expert marksman and she starred in Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show. In the glory days of Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, they carried a cast and crew of 645 people, over 400 horses and steers, a herd of 20 buffalo, the world’s largest power plant or generator, and a 21 foot oven. All of this was loaded on a specially designed train and they toured the world for over 30 years. Today’s Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show is a reenactment of the Original Wild West Show that toured the world from the 1890’s to the 1930’s.Pawnee Bill’s Mansion in Pawnee, Oklahoma is now a Museum and host to the Original Wild West Show. Pawnee Bill was a major supporter of S
