William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was so impressed by the view from Lookout Mountain Park that he told his wife Louisa, daughter Irma, foster son Johnny Baker, and others he wanted to be buried there. After his death in 1917, his family buried him in the park in accordance with his wishes, and his gravesite soon became a popular destination. In 1921, Johnny Baker opened a museum, gift shop, and restaurant in a building he called Pahaska Tepee, using the Lakota nickname for Buffalo Bill meaning “Long Hair.” The museum held many artifacts that had belonged to Buffalo Bill, along with posters and other materials Baker had collected over the thirty years he performed with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, and friends of Buffalo Bill, former Wild West performers, and people who had seen the show added to the collection. In 1979, the museum moved from Pahaska Tepee into its own building. Today, the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Pahaska Tepee gift shop and cafe, and Buffalo Bill’s grave are part of a complex owned and operated by the City of Denver Parks and Recreation Department.