Cody Homestead Gift Shop offers visitors and tourists a
wide range of mementos, gifts, and collectibles. The Gift
Shop includes postcards, crafts, Native American pottery
and artifacts,
T-shirts, sweatshirts, stuffed toys, collector's
Come Experience
the History of Scott County
items, candy assortment,
Grandma
War
Cody's
Civil
Applesauce
Cookies,
and
much
stead gift shop is open
regular
Buffalo Bill
Cody Homestead
Open daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
April through October
Adults $2.00, 16 & Under Free
more. The Cody Homeduring
S c o t t C o u n t y ’s
Historical Sites
visiting
hours.
This little log cabin was built in
replica of the first log cabin
schoolhouse built by the Cody’s
in the 1850’s, the original was
larger. Bill's sister attended the
school with Bill tagging along
with his three-legged dog, Skip.
You may visit the buffalo
year-round
Homestead.
at the Cody
This is a
picture of Cinco who was
born in 1999.
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead
2 8 0 5 0 2 3 0 th A ve n u e , P ri n ce ton I A 5 2 7 6 8
Dan Nagle Walnut Grove
Pioneer Village
1 8 8 1 7 2 9 0 th Str eet , L on g G r o ve I A 5 2 7 5 6
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead
563-225-2981
Call or visit our website for more
information on these historic sites
or for special event dates.
E-Mail Address
C on se r v at ion @s c ott c ou n t y i ow a . co m
Website information
w ww . s cot tc ou n t yi ow a . co m / c on s er v at i on
Dan Nagle
Walnut Grove
Pioneer Village
Open daily 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
April through October
Admission is free; donations accepted.
Fee for special events.
Our Histor y
DAN NAGLE WALNUT GROVE
PIONEER VILLAGE
The Donahue Train
Step back in time at this popular replica of a typical 19th
restored.
The Chi-
The boyhood home of Buffalo Bill
century pioneer village. Walnut Grove was a Scott County
cago, Burlington, and
Cody, Government Scout and
cross-roads settlement and a
Quincy caboose was
Wild West Showman, is located in
stage coach stop of the 1860’s.
moved from
the broad valley of the Wapsi
The Village features 19 historic
burg, and restored.
Depot (c.1870) was
moved in 1978 and
Gales-
buildings, some relocated from
cabins, blacksmith shop, school
house, saloon, carpenter and
barber shops, and more. Special
events feature period re-enactors
demonstrating pioneer life, folk
art, and maybe even an old-fashioned western shoot-out.
Special events or field trips scheduled throughout the year!
Olde St. Ann’s Church (c.1858) It
The Walnut Grove’s Boardwalk took shape in 1994 when
the Apothecary Shop was
opened. The Boardwalk
features the Bison Saloon,
George’s Carp enter
Shop, Barber Shop,
Doctor & Dentist Office,
Keppy-Nagle General
Store, Jail, and the Long
Grove Telephone Office.
is called the Crowning Jewel of
the Village and has been restored
to the 1870 period. It continues
to provide a beautiful setting for
and
other
special
occasions year round. This church
was moved from just two miles
west of here in 1985.
Walnut Grove Bank (c.1890)
Features 1890 teller windows
and a free standing safe from
the
former German Savings
Bank in Eldridge, Iowa. Visit
during
our
special
event
weekends and you may see an
“old west” bank
re-enactment!
robbery
River, a short 20 minute drive
from I-80.
rural Scott County, including
weddings
BUFFALO BILL CODY
HOMESTEAD
The 1847 farmhouse,
entered in the National Registry of
Historic Places, was built by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill’s father,
of native limestone and contains walnut floors and trim.
The Homestead has been restored and furnished with
items typical of the mid-19th century, and is nestled in a
scenic hillside overlooking the rich Iowa prairie.
Cody Homestead Living Room The living room of the
Cody portion of the Cody-McCausland House is a
simple,
country,
late Empire, early
Victorian
Our Walnut Grove Soda
Fountain Shop is open
Saturdays and Sundays,
Memorial Day weekend
through Labor Day
weekend from 11am to
6pm (weather dependant). You can enjoy a
sandwich, an ice cream
specialty or some old
fashioned candy. The Apothecary Shop is also located
inside and has an assortment of souvenirs. You just might
find that unique gift for someone special.
The
room.
carpeting is
hand-woven from
rags,
and
laid
wall-to-wall,
which was typical
of the period. The Galena daybed is covered with a
hand-woven fabric and has two round bolsters.
Cody McCausland Bedroom is part of the frame
construction that was
added to the limestone building by the
McCausland's,
Dan Nagle Walnut Grove
were the
Pioneer Village
left Iowa.
563-328-3283
who
owners
after the Cody family