My youngest daughter and I had be out exploring Colorado and the greater Denver area all day but wanted to try and visit one last spot before we headed back to our cabin. We drove up into the mountains with beautiful scenic views extending all around us. At the top we found our final destination the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave.

After parking our car we headed towards the Museum and headed inside. The first floor had the admission counter and some amazing artwork along the walls all depicting Buffalo Bill.

I’ll admit that I don’t know much about Bill Cody so it seems like I was in the right place. At first I thought the museum seemed a bit small on this first floor but was amazed once we headed downstairs.

There was display after display filled with the history and whole life story of Buffalo Bill Cody. Starting from his childhood all the way up to his death and everything in between. It was really fascinating and I wished I could have spent a little more time there but our day was quickly coming to an end.

Right next door to the museum was the Pahaska Tepee. Inside was a small restaurant and quite an extensive gift shop.

There was a lot of Buffalo Bill items, but then it continued into anything and everything you could imagine. Colorado themed souvenirs, mood rings, bumper stickers. You name it, they probably had it inside.

Off to one side of the store there was a small room with a separate entrance and exit. This is where I found the two pressed penny machines I had researched about online before our trip. Both machines only had one design each, thankfully they were different designs. The first machine had a penny design of Buffo Bill on his horse. Unfortunately the machine rolled a bit short and the top of the design was cut off.

The second machine was right next to the first one and pressed my penny with an image of an Elk among some trees and the amazing mountains in the background. This machine also rolled a bit short cutting off the left side a bit. As you may be able to see in the photo above there was also a medallion machine available but one of the designs was out of stock. I’ve since tried contacting the gift shop to see if it’s available again but so far to date that medallion design of Buffalo Bill seems to be permanently unavailable. If I ever do acquire it somehow in the future I’ll be sure to follow up with additional photos.

With the pennies pressed and out day pretty much over we had just one last stop to make before we headed out. Behind the gift shop and up a small hill was where we found Bill Cody’s final resting place. It was quite the sight, surrounded by a wrought iron fence and made up of large white stones. We paid out respects to this American legend and then started our way back down to our car.

These are the types of days that I really have a lot of fun with. It’s tiring and sometimes I feel like I don’t always give adequate time to each of our stops alongs the way. I was able to mark off quite a few places on my wish list for this trip all in this single day and felt quite accomplished but very tired. We couldn’t wait to get back to the cabin for a nice home cooked meal with the rest of our family. Don’t worry though we still have plenty more days on our Colorado Trip and I’ve got plenty more penny machines to visit.

Keep on Pressing!

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