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Buffalo Bill State Park is a Wyoming state park in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The park surrounds a reservoir formed by the Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshone River. The park, reservoir and dam were named after William "Buffalo Bill" Cody who founded the nearby town of Cody and owned much of the land now occupied by the reservoir and park. Buffalo Bill State Park is open May 1 - September 30 with limited winter access. Recreational opportunities include camping, hiking, boating, fishing and picnicking.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Buffalo Bill State Park: Fees and Information )〕 ==History== Buffalo Bill, William Cody, was one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. He once owned some of the land that is now part of the state park bearing his name. He sold his property to the United States government prior to the construction of Buffalo Bill Dam. Cody settled in the Shoshone Canyon area in the 1870s. He first came to the region as a guide for a survey expedition. Cody spent parts the next twenty years in the area serving as a hunting guide. Buffalo Bill worked to bring irrigation and agriculture development in Park County. He founded the nearby city of Cody in 1896.〔 Construction on Buffalo Bill Dam, originally known as Shoshone Dam,〔 began in 1905. Upon completion, in 1910, the dam was the highest in the world standing at .〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buffalo Bill Dam Visitors Center - History )〕 The dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bureau of Reclamation - Buffalo Bill Dam Information ) 〕 on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It dam was part of the Shoshone Project, one of the first projects overseen by the Bureau of Reclamation.〔 In addition to providing water for irrigation and downstream flood control, Buffalo Bill Dam provides hydropower for a power plant. The first and second units of the power plant were constructed in 1922.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Shoshone Power Plant )〕 A third unit was built in 1931. Units one and two were decommissioned in 1980 and unit three was replaced in 1991.〔 The park was established in 1957 and rebuilt in 1993 after an eight-year project to increase the height of the dam by . The original park facilities were flooded when the dam was raised and the reservoir was deepened and widened. The project added to the area of the lake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Buffalo Bill Dam Modification Project )〕 A visitors center at the dam was opened upon completion of the heightening of the dam. Further modifications to the dam included an expansion of the underground spillway and addition of gates to the spillway for flow control.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffalo Bill State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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