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Beck\'s family--his father a Kentucky senator and his mother a grandniece of George Washington--and his adventures in the American West resulted.
He advanced his financial investments in Wyoming through his numerous personal and professional contacts with various eastern investors and politicians in Washington DC. "Buffalo Bill" Cody to establish the town of Cody, Wyoming, in the 1890s.
Beck, an influential rancher and Entrepreneur in the American West, collaborated with William F.
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