The Frontier Festival initially was started by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in the eighties. It was a way to remember the history of the west and involve main street citizens in Cody Wyoming.  As the museum evolved into the Buffalo Bill Center of the West; which has five separate museums, the Board’s interest changed and the festival was discontinued. 

Thirty-five years later, the Cody Medical Foundation was asked to help the Cody Night Rodeo Cowboys with medical services.  Many of the CMF Board had helped with the original Frontier Festival and thought it would be a good time to bring back the festival.   The CMF Board is now working with the Cody Stampede Board of Directors to help cowboys with medical assistance if needed.  The newly formed Cody Medical Frontier Committee is making a conscious effort to maintain the integrity, quality, educational value, and content of our frontier heritage while providing old fashioned family fun.