Renee Laegreid at Saturday U in Gillette- Buffalo Bill's Legacy in Contemporary Italy
Channel: Wyoming Videos
Date: 2013-11-20

Renee Laegreid, an assistant professor in the Department of History at University of Wyoming, presented her talk entitled Buffalo Bill's Legacy: Finding the West and Westerners in Contemporary Italy at Saturday U in Gillette on October 26, 2013 at the Gillette College Main Building Presentation Hall.

Beginning in 1889, Buffalo Bill took his Wild West Show overseas to perform for crowds of spectators throughout Europe. After his shows, memories of the cowboys, cowgirls and Native Americans remained topics of conversation for years, even generations. In Italy, Buffalo Bill and his Wild West shows continue to shape the Italian perspective on the American West, inspiring an increasing interest in American Western culture and literature, American-style rodeo, "Western Riding" (reining and cutting competitions) and the growth of American Quarter Horse industry.

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