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Buffalo Bone Commerce On The Northern Plains

Bison Anatomy     Bison Ecology     Did you know? (Odd facts)     Bison Parasitology       Bison Speak (behaviors)         Bison Biology      Buffalo Bones Collection  Bison’s First Teeth      Bison Aging by Skulls   “The miles of bones eventually gave rise to a traffic which became remunerative as there grew up a demand for phosphate for fertilizers and bone black for refining sugar. In 1874 the Santa Fe railroad alone shipped nearly 7,000,000 pounds of bones, which brought as much as $18 a ton crushed.   By LeRoy Barnett “The Buffalo Bone Commerce On The Northern Plains” Bison … Read more

1800’s

<< Previous  Next>> Plains Bison Mysteries That Remain Part I:  The Buffalo Population and Why It Crashed By Gene Gade President, Vore Buffalo Jump Foundation Volumes have been written about buffalo. Most emphasis has been placed on the historic period, immediately after the use of the Vore Buffalo Jump stopped (about 1800) through the era of Anglo American expansion into the Plains to the near-extinction of bison some 80 years later. How Many Buffalo Were There? Estimates of bison numbers vary from 30 to 75 million. 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 are the most common numbers cited as total buffalo population in … Read more