Saturday, February 22 & 23, 2020 • 1-5pm
Oracle Inn Steakhouse
305 E. American Avenue in Oracle, AZ
For Info: 520-623-3733
Cody Family Stories
Magic Show for Kids
History & Legends of the Catalinas
The
upcoming 2020 Buffalo Bill Cody Days in Oracle is held at the Oracle Inn
Restaurant & Steakhouse on Saturday, February 22 and Sunday,
February 23, 2020 from 1-5pm both days. Oracle Cody Days is a free,
non-profit, community event.
This
year's event features Gerald Cody who will share Cody family stories, a
magic show for kids, presentations about Oracle's history and Buffalo
Bill's mining ventures in Oracle.
On Saturday, February 22,
from 1-5pm, Buffalo Bill-relative Gerald Cody share Cody family
stories, enjoy a free magic show for the kids by Ross the Magician and
Don Larry speaks about "Cody As Senator." There will also be Native American jewelry sales and displays, book talks, and free Buffalo Bill Cody birthday cake.
On Sunday, February 23,
from 1-5pm, Robert E. Zucker will talk about the legends and history of
the Santa Catalina Mountains, Cody and his mines, and Oracle's unique
history.
“Buffalo Bill” Cody
visited Tucson, Arizona often during the last decades of his life. Cody
owned several mines at Campo Bonito in the Santa Catalina Mountains,
near Oracle. Cody would spend many winters in Oracle managing his mines
which produced tungsten, silver and gold. This year marks the 103rd
anniversary of the Cody’s passing in January 1917.
This year’s event
also pays tribute to William “Flint” Carter, Cody Days founder, who
passed away in December. Carter spent over four decades prospecting the
Santa Catalina Mountains and held over 100 mining claims in the
mountains.
Gerald Cody’s
involvement with the Cody Family organization started in Ohio where he
lived until moving to Arizona in 2005. Gerald’s original involvement
with the Ohio Circle followed in his father’s footsteps to become
President of the Circle and then to become President of the
International Cody Family for 15 years.
The Cody Family
arrived in Massachusetts in 1695 and became landowners in 1698. The
original settlers were Philip and Martha. They had five children and
from that beginning, the family expanded and moved west through the new
frontier and Canada. The family has an extensive genealogy from the
family’s arrival in Beverly, MA.
The International
Cody Family, a 502c3 organization, was organized in the early 1900’s.
The first actual meeting was held in 1925 in Cleveland, OH. The family
funded the original site of the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum in Cody, WY at
that meeting with pledges that totaled less than $100.
The family was wide spread throughout the United States and
Canada at that time and was divided into family circles where there were
pockets of Cody’s with larger groups in MA, WY, OH, FL, east and west
Canada.
With the passing of
the event's founder, Buffalo Bill Cody Days in Oracle is sponsored
Southwest Alternatives Institute, Inc.(SAI), a non-profit organization,
founded in Tucson in 1977. Flint and Bob organized the Santa Catalina
Historical Preservation Program to preserve local history and legends of
the Santa Catalina Mountains.
For more information about Buffalo Bill Cody Days, and Cody Days Oracle 2021, call 520-623-3733 or email [email protected].
During the last
decades of his life, the world-famous 19th century entertainer Willaim
Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody invested in several mines in the Santa
Catalina Mountains, near Oracle. He was known to carry around a pure
gold nugget from his mines in his pocket as proof of the value of his
mines.
Cody spent his last
winter years until 1917, in Oracle, managing his dozens of mining claims
at Campo Bonito on the far north edge of the Catalina Mountains, near
the YMCA’s Triangle Y Ranch Camp. The mines produced tungsten used by
Thomas Edison for his light bulb filaments. As a by-product, they also
produced silver and some gold. While visiting his mining camp, Cody
would search the Catalinas for the legendary Iron Door Mine with his
friend William Neal, the owner of the local Mountain View hotel in
Oracle.
Buffalo Bill Cody
often stayed at a little house at Campo Bonito with the miners for weeks
at a time while his wife, Louisa, waited at the comfortable hotel in
Oracle, a few miles away. On several Christmas days, Cody played Santa
Claus to the mineworkers’ children in Oracle. There were even rumors in
Washington of a possible Senator Cody from the new State of
Arizona. Though intrigued at the prospect, Cody did not pursue the
office. A reporter commented how out of place Cody would look in
Congress with his long hair and Western wear.
For more information, contact Robert Zucker at [email protected] or call 520-623-3733.
Photo above:
Co-founder Flint Carter at the 2018 Cody Days in Oracle. Flint passed
away the following December. Photo by Carolyn & James Barnett.
The 4th Annual
Buffalo Bill Cody Days in Oracle was held on Saturday, February 23 &
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at the Oracle Inn, 305 E. American Ave. in
Oracle, Arizona. The annual event honored the world famous William F.
"Buffalo Bill" Cody who invested in mines near the hidden community of
Oracle, north of Tucson, Arizona in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Photos of the 2019 Cody Days In Oracle
Cody Days in Oracle
is held during the last week of February, to commemorate the birthday of
William Cody. Learn about the forgotten story of Buffalo Bill in Oracle.
The main event
started on Saturday, February 23 at 1:00pm with a salute to "The
General," Flint Carter. Friends will also express their thoughts and
experiences with Flint. The Oracle Inn provided cake. Ross the Magician
also presented a magic show for kids and adults.
Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains
Written by Robert Zucker with
collaboration from Flint Carter
"Treasures of the
Santa Catalina Mountains" is a large collection of the legends and
history of the Catalinas. Learn the story of the Iron Door Mine, the
Lost Mission and the Lost City. Hundreds of pages cover hundreds of
years in the search for gold, silver and copper. Was there a Lost
Escalante Mine or Mine wth the Iron Door? Who started the legends? Is
there still gold in the mountains?
Explore
the Santa Catalina Mountains in a way you never seen them before. Read
free chapter samples and download a FREE PDF sample of "Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains."
Dane Johnson portrays Buffalo Bill Cody during the 2017 Cody Days in Oracle, Arizona.
Buffalo Bill Cody in Oracle
In the early 1900s,
“Buffalo Bill” Cody owned several mines at Campo Bonito in the Santa
Catalina Mountains, near Oracle. He also searched for the fabled Iron Door Mine of the Catalinas.
Cody spent many
winters in Oracle managing his mines which produced tungsten and gold.
Buffalo Bill’s last performance was playing Santa for the orphans of
Oracle in 1916. Read more about Buffalo Bill Cody.
Download a free PDF sample from the book "Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains" about the history and legends of Oracle, Buffalo Bill Cody and the Santa Catalina Mountains.
The only authentic source of Cody Stone from Buffalo Bill Cody's own mines with certification from the Flint Carter Collection
First popularized by Tiffany's during the California Gold Rush, Cody Stone is a little known- and now extremely rare- commodity.
It
is the most expensive gold and silver in the world that sells by carat
weight values. Cody Stone is on display in museums worldwide and the
Mining Hall of Fame and Gem Institute of America.
The
specimen, on loan to the University of Arizona MIneral Museum, was
independently graded at 38 out of 40 and is considered one of the finest
100% natural gold and silver specimens in the world.
The
result of a search for the West's largest gold legend and the world's
largest land treasure portrayed in four major motion pictures over six
decades, this golden legend refuses to die and continues to grow with
substantial golden values.
Books on the Santa Catalina Mountains
Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains
Written by Robert Zucker with
collaboration from Flint Carter
A large
collection of the legends and history of the Catalinas. Learn the story
of the Iron Door Mine, the Lost Mission and the Lost City. Hundreds of
pages cover hundreds of years in the search for gold, silver and copper.
Was there a Lost Escalante Mine or Mine wth the Iron Door? Who started
the legends? Is there still gold in the mountains?
Explore the
Santa Catalina Mountains in a way you never seen them before. Read free
chapter samples and download a FREE PDF sample of "Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains."
The
Miners’ Story Project preserves and shares stories about life in the
mines and mining communities in the Southwest US. William "Flint" Carter
provides his recollections of the history and stories of the Santa
Catalina Mountains. Read more about the Miner's Story Project. The Miner's Story CD is a two and a half hour recording of the mine with the iron door by Flint Carter.
Ballads of the Santa Catalinas
The
original songs and ballads about the Iron Door Mine, the Santa Catalina
Mountains, the Old West and about Flint Carter on CD.
These songs were written and professionaly performed in a studio by Gary
Holdcroft specifically about Flint's adventures and the legends of the
Catalinas.
Sponsors sought to promote local history
Donations
and sponsorships are open to help fund the costs of the event which has
been produced by volunteers since 2016. Banner and vendor spaces are
available.
For more information, sponsorships, interviews and press coverage, contact Robert Zucker, Entertainment Magazine, at 520-623-3733 or email [email protected]
