CODY

city, seat (1909) of Park county, northwestern Wyoming, U.S. It lies along the Shoshone River east of the Absaroka Range, at an altitude of 5,096 feet (1,553 m). Laid out in 1895 and developed by Colonel William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, it is a popular tourist resort in an area of dude and working livestock ranches, and farms irrigated by water from the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir. Prime attractions are Cody's boyhood home (moved from LeClaire, Iowa), the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and the Whitney Gallery of Western Art. Rodeos are held from mid-June through August, including a three-day Cody Stampede in early July. The city is headquarters of the Shoshone National Forest, and Yellowstone National Park is 55 miles (90 km) west. Oil production and gypsum-board manufacturing supplement Cody's tourist and agricultural economy. Inc. 1901. Pop. (1990) 7,897.