Buffalo Bill's 1913 will gave everything to Louisa; Denver newspaper owners held his $20,000 debt, and Wyoming has claimed his body since 1917

William F. Cody's 1906 will asked for burial on Cedar Mountain, above the town of Cody, Wyoming, which he founded. He changed the will in 1913 after reconciling with his wife Louisa, and she inherited everything. In 1912 he had borrowed $20,000 from Denver Post owners Harry Tammen and Frederick Bonfils and could not repay it. Cody died at his sister May's home in Denver. Wyoming's account says Tammen and Denver mayor Robert Speer offered Louisa $20,000 for a Denver-area grave; Louisa never confirmed or denied it. He was buried on Lookout Mountain near Golden on 3 June 1917. His show was sold on 9 June 1917 to Archer Banker for $105,000^†. In 1948 American Legion Post 26 in Cody offered $10,000 to anyone who would take the body to Wyoming, and the Colorado National Guard guarded the grave. Louisa died in 1921 and Johnny Baker had both caskets reburied under concrete. Wyoming legend says Cody family friends swapped the body at a Denver mortuary and buried him on Cedar Mountain.