▁With ▁his ▁show , ▁C ody ▁tra ve led ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Europe ▁and ▁made ▁many ▁contacts . ▁He ▁stayed , ▁for ▁instance , ▁in ▁Garden ▁City , ▁Kansas , ▁in ▁the ▁president ial ▁suite ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁W inds or ▁Hotel . ▁He ▁was ▁be fri ended ▁by ▁the ▁mayor ▁and ▁state ▁representative , ▁a ▁front ier ▁sc out , ▁ran cher , ▁and ▁h unter ▁named ▁Charles ▁" B uff alo " ▁Jones . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁C ody ▁and ▁N ate ▁S als bury , ▁his ▁the atr ical ▁manager , ▁entered ▁into ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Ev ely n ▁Bo oth ▁( 1 8 6 0 – 1 9 0 1 ), ▁a ▁big - game ▁h unter ▁and ▁sc ion ▁of ▁the ▁arist ocr atic ▁Bo oth ▁family . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ' s ▁Cow boy ▁Band ▁was ▁organized . ▁The ▁band ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁William ▁S ween ey , ▁a ▁cor net ▁player ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Cow boy ▁Band ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁S ween ey ▁handled ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁musical ▁arrang ements ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁performed ▁by ▁the ▁Cow boy ▁Band . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁C ody ▁changed ▁the ▁title ▁to ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ' s ▁Wild ▁West ▁and ▁Congress ▁of ▁R ough ▁R iders ▁of ▁the ▁World . ▁The ▁show ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁para