We spent a couple nights in North Platte, Nebraska. We had stopped there last year and went to the “Golden Spike” Union Pacific Railroad Tower at the giant Bailey Switch yard. This year we checked out “Scout’s Rest” This was the home of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the premier showman whose Wild West shows embodied the legend of the American West. The ranch buildings include the 1886 French Second Empire house; the late 1880s barn; a cob house; icehouse; and a spring house. 250 acres of the original four-thousand-acre ranch have been preserved as Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park and State Recreation Area by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. It was a really fancy place in its day. One of the interesting things was the “Ice House”. They would harvest the ice off the lake in the winter and fill the Ice House. The ice would last all summer. Also check out all the wild wall paper in all the rooms. If you are in the area it is worth checking out. Click here to check out the album.