This was the ranch house for western figure Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917). He claimed to be a prolific buffalo hunter, scout, and Pony Express rider among many other things. Some of his tales are in dispute.

But Cody was most definitely a promoter and showman, touring with his western-themed circus from the 1880s onward as the frontier was closing. Cody transformed the brief Pony Express from a footnote into an American icon. The infinitely more significant Lincoln Highway, which gets no hype at all, runs past his property--now a State Historical Park.