Fort Cody Trading Post

Huge selection!!! The workers were friendly and helpful. We also enjoyed the animal statues outside.
Some of the products had funny names: Buffalo Boogers, etc.

My kids LOVE coming here and insist we stop every time we come through North Platte! Fun stuff to look at and buy

Fort Cody Trading Post is a neat tourist attraction along I-​80 in North Platte, Nebraska. They have a really neat gift shop and a Buffalo Bill museum with free admission. Sure, the museum part is something out of the last century but it’s still really neat to see. The stuff in the gift shop is a bit higher priced but it’s worth it if it keeps this place open for future generations.

This place is a great visit for tourist or even locals. It’s fun to explore all the odd offering that make the place a one of a kind. Even as a local I enjoy taking my son there to find something new to enjoy, like gifts, toys, candy, snacks…
They have a great live music scene during the summer every Thursday where they have a local band or musician play and a tracing group.

Imagine William «Buffalo Bill» Cody. Now imagine, if you will, the inside of a trailer home and it’s contents. This, ladies and gentlemen, is Fort Cody Trading Post. When you enter the parking lot, you’re greeted with a somewhat faithful representation of a «old tyme» fort. As you walk to the front door, you look up and see the legs of a pioneer dangling off the edge, an arrow lodged squarely in his ball sack. This is code for «you’re going to get you mind blown once you walk through the door.»
Upon entering the «fort», you are greeted with the smell of cedar and Chinese plastic. These odors waft from the wooden décor and bric-​à-​brac combined with the cheap fake knives, guns and toys in transparent packaging.
Have you ever wanted to destroy legal tender? Fort Cody Trading Post will enable that fantasy. Stick a penny in the coin crusher machine and out comes a memento that documents your visit.
Do you like miniature scenes of Manifest Destiny? BOOM! They have them under glass.
Want to dress like an injun? They have that stuff, too. Costumes, hatchets, bow and arrows and big feathery headdresses.
Want a t-​shirt that says «North Platte»? They’ve cornered the market on those.
There is so much junk in this joint you’ll think Wall Drug, South Dakota gypped you. They even have switchblade combs. Did you see that? SWITCHBLADE COMBS, PEOPLE. Wall Drug won’t even touch that.
In conclusion, GET THERE ASAP. I would have given them five stars, but they don’t have a strip joint adjacent to the property which is a damned shame.

A good place for a stop with tons of things to buy, some related to the area and Cody and some not. Plus a little museum area about Cody.

An absolute must see! Loved coming here as a kid. So many little souvenirs and cute gifts. Love watching the miniature wood carved scene of the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Have to stop here if you are in North Platte or even if you are driving through.

We all (the residents of North Platte) love going to the Fort! Inventory ranges from Toys to Fine Jewelry to their famous Moccasins! A fun break if traveling I-​80 or have lived in North Platte your entire life. We can’t forget the miniatures-​show, novelty items & teepees! Great for photos! (See? Fun!)

I am 41 years old and I have been going to Fort Cody since my earliest memories. Every time we drive across Nebraska we HAVE to stop.
Is it touristy? Yes
Is it corny? Yes
Is it an awesome place that never changes? YES
I love the place. I love North Platte. Keep up the good work Fort Cody!

This is a great place to stop while on the road. It’s a combination gift shop and museum commemorating Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show. The store features an impressive miniature mechanical display of the circus that runs every half hour. Out back there is a giant «muffler man indian,» good for a photo op. There are also some cool relics of cowboy gear from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A fun place to browse.

This is a pretty cool place to stop for a break on a long road trip. Set up to look like an old fort & lot’s of related item’s for sale inside, i’ve yet to be able to pass it up on my road trip’s accross country.

They have a little show in the back of the store and have some artifacts, like a two headed cow and a lot of information Buffalo Bill Cody.
There are various gag gifts, shirts and sweatshirts, wallets, Indian gifts (dream catchers, flutes, etc.), candy, wooden pistols and sling shots, and plenty of memorabilia. There is also a whole collection of vintage magazines you can by dating back to 1947 for 7.99 a piece.
It was a cool place to stop. I was hoping they had something with the Corn Huskers on it, but all I could find was a wallet.
You can take a picture with giant bear or cannon outside and is a good place to get out a stretch or get a souvenir for someone.

This place is the best trading post i have ever been to. And the only one if you don’t count Circle K. The façade is of an old timey fort smack dab in the middle of nowhere. En route from Omaha to Denver, my buddy and i stopped in for some provisions. They have a mini museum of western artifacts and extensive tributes to Buffalo Bill Cody. I guess he was the first quarterback for the Bills or something. Fun facts about western Nebraska:
1. the radio has nothing but live cattle auctions or country music on all of its three channels.
2.If you see a smoke signal ahead, it isn’t native americans, your radiator is boiling over, dummy.
3.Buffalo jerky comes in three flavors. Western, spicy and spicy western.
Back to the fort. If you need turquoise native jewelry, bust out the debit card, dude. You need a bolo tie for that power lunch in Denver? Yours. Need traveling jams? Try «Hank Williams greatest Drinks»… I mean «Hits». I bought a little stuffed animal buffalo and named him Kody. I still have him some 7 years on and wuv him vewy much.