Famous Cowgirl's Wedding Dress To Go On Display At History Colorado Center

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DENVER (CBS4) - The History Colorado Center is bringing out another rarely seen item Friday morning and this one is the stuff of cowgirl legend.

At 11:30 a.m. they will reveal the wedding dress worn by cowgirl Goldie Griffith Cameron. Griffith Cameron was a renown Bronc rider and with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Goldie Griffith Cameron (credit: History Colorado Center)

She met her future husband while working on the show. On May 9, 1913, she married the feller in front of a crowd of 8,000. Other riders rode circles around them and fired guns, yipped and hollered as they threw rice and old shoes.

Goldie wore a wedding outfit made by some of the Sioux performers on the show. History Colorado also has a horn and silver box given to Goldie as a wedding gift by Buffalo Bill.

Goldie eventually settled in Nederland where she ran restaurants. She was well known around town and remains a legend through the years for her colorful early years as vivid as the wild west.

Friday's revealing moment is part of "Who Knew!? Everything Old is New Again." Each week, something rare comes out of storage at the History Colorado Center on Broadway.

Alan Gionet is anchor of the CBS4 Morning News and reports on a wide variety of issues and "Good Question" stories. He started at CBS4 in 1994. Follow Alan on Twitter @AlanGTV.