Buffalo Tracks

Buffalo Tracks Researching…..the foundation bison herds.   Pablo-Allard> Eaton       Goodnight        Corbin     Moosehead/ WC Whitney    First Bison by State        Last Bison by State         Dr Jeff Martin: Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before?   I am tracking all the bison from [our] beginning of the ‘foundation’ herds. Walking Coyote, Samuel Bedson, Charles Alloway, James McKay, and the others. It has been much more time-consuming than I originally thought it would be, but I did add other information to my database … Read more

1904

<< Previous  Next>>  C.A. Kendrick Buffalo At Water / The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750–1920 By Andrew C. Isenberg (extract) Although some ranchers continued to experiment with crossbreeding bison and cattle well into the 20th century, most found that the way to profit from the bison was to sell them – or more accurately, the right to hunt them – to wealthy sport hunters. In 1902, a rancher in Montana allowed to sport hunters to kill six of his bison bulls – for a price. Later, one of those hunters, Howard Eaton, acquired a number of bison … Read more

1901

<< Previous  Next>> The Times, Pa., Jan. 21 1901 AMERICAN BISON ……Naturalist Declare the Animals Are Increasing in Number. While it is naturally in possible to obtain figures as to the exact number of American bisons that are now alive, it is not difficult to obtain approximate figures, and from these and other data which had been recently collected, European naturalist maintain that there are more bison alive now then there have been for many years and that the number of these animals will steadily increase if only do care be taken of them, says the New York Journal. ……About … Read more