Did the buffalo roam?
I have often been asked, “If the Black Prairie really is a prairie, were there once buffalo around here?” Rufus Ward June 23, 2014 The answer is, yes, there were buffalo here but not necessarily because of the existence of the prairie. There were buffalo in the prairie during prehistoric times and into the early period of European contact, but they were also found in the forest areas, too. These were buffalo or bison which were living east of the Mississippi River and which were said to have been slightly smaller than the western buffalo. Although there were buffalo in … Read more