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About
Title
ROG-1A
Creator
William S. Rogers Photograph Collection
Subject
Buffalo Bill; Explorer; Hunter; Indian Scout; Mail Carrier; Trading Post; Santa Fe Trail; Cow Creek Trading Wichita Homestead; Famous Wichitans; Wichita; Sedgwick County; Kansas
Description
- William E. Mathewson was born 1 January 1830 in Triangle, Broome County, New York. He was the first white settler in the Arkansas Valley and was known as the original “Buffalo Bill” because in 1860 when the drought hit, he saved numerous settlers from starvation the winter of 1860-1861 by killing buffalo for meat to help their survive.
- Bill was an explorer, hunter, Indian scout, mail carrier, and fighter. He was determined to establish a trading post along the Santa Fe Trail, so in the summer of 1858 he helped establish a trading post on Cow Creek which remained his headquarters until 1861. In 1868, Bill acquired a homestead near the Arkansas River which soon became the heart of Wichita.
- Bill made Wichita his home. He married Elizabeth Inman in 1874. He lost his first wife on 1 October 1885. He married a second time to Mrs. Caroline M. Henshaw Tarleton of Louisville, Kentucky in May 1886. Caroline died in 1909. He later married Olive Omeda Johnson in 1911.
- Bill died on 22 March 1916 in Wichita. He is buried in the Highland Cemetery in Wichita along with his three wives. Two children are known to born to Bill.
Type
TIFF
Identifier
ROG-1A
Rights
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Date digitized
2023-07-12
