A poster for a Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. The shows were popular in the late 1800s — even in the Finger Lakes region.

Wild West City, which has been entertaining audiences for more than six decades, opens for the season this weekend in Byram.

The Wild West is kept alive throughout the year, but the summer months bring other cowboy-inspired events ... If you prefer train travel, Amtrak's Southwest Chief line stops in Dodge City ...